When recording bad debt expense under the allowance method, is credited, and is debited at the end of the accounting period? O a. accounts receivable; bad debt expense. O b. allowance for doubtful accounts: accounts receivable O c. bad debt expense; allowance for doubtful accounts. O d. allowance for doubtful accounts: bad debtexpense,
Bad Debts
At the end of the accounting period, a financial statement is prepared by every company, then at that time while preparing the financial statement, the company determines among its total receivable amount how much portion of receivables is collected by the company during that accounting period.
Accounts Receivable
The word “account receivable” means the payment is yet to be made for the work that is already done. Generally, each and every business sells its goods and services either in cash or in credit. So, when the goods are sold on credit account receivable arise which means the company is going to get the payment from its customer to whom the goods are sold on credit. Usually, the credit period may be for a very short period of time and in some rare cases it takes a year.
![PROGRAMS v
SELF-DEVELOPMENT
E-LIBRARY
ZAIN HANDBOOKS
11
12
13
14
15
When recording bad debt expense under the allowance method,
at the end of the accounting period?
is credited, and
is debited
O a accounts receivable; bad debt expense.
O b. allowance for doubtfut accounts accounts receivable
O c. bad debt expense; allowance for doubtful accounts
O d. allowance for doubtful accounts: bad debtexpense.
Hc
POCOPHONE
SHOT ON POCOPHONE F1
10:04
11/2/7
10](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F3d4e799d-eae9-4549-ae40-301a8ac45fbf%2F37ec5280-ef73-43c5-842e-c571145da93f%2Fuvh5smt_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
![](/static/compass_v2/shared-icons/check-mark.png)
Step by step
Solved in 2 steps
![Blurred answer](/static/compass_v2/solution-images/blurred-answer.jpg)
![FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING](https://compass-isbn-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/isbn_cover_images/9781259964947/9781259964947_smallCoverImage.jpg)
![Accounting](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781337272094/9781337272094_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Accounting Information Systems](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781337619202/9781337619202_smallCoverImage.gif)
![FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING](https://compass-isbn-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/isbn_cover_images/9781259964947/9781259964947_smallCoverImage.jpg)
![Accounting](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781337272094/9781337272094_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Accounting Information Systems](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781337619202/9781337619202_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis…](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9780134475585/9780134475585_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Intermediate Accounting](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781259722660/9781259722660_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Financial and Managerial Accounting](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781259726705/9781259726705_smallCoverImage.gif)