You are provided with the following information: Sales for the year Discounts provided during the year to customers for early payment Doubtful debts expense for the year Opening balance of accounts receivable Closing balance of accounts receivable Opening balance of the provision for doubtful debts Closing balance of the provision for doubtful debts Cost of goods sold for the year Purchases for the year (on credit terms) Discounts received for early payment to suppliers Stock write-offs owing to water damage caused by melting ice in the Antarctic $400 000 $10 000 $5 000 $90 000 $80 000 $9 000 $8 000 $60 000 $80 000 $2 000 $5 000 Page 2 of 5 Opening balance of trade creditors Closing balance of trade creditors Opening balance of inventory Closing balance of inventory $40 000 $35 000 $10 000 $25 000 Required: (a) Calculate the cash receipts from customers during the year. (b) Calculate the cash payments to suppliers during the year!
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.
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