Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
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Author: David H. Marshall, Wayne W. McManus, Daniel F. Viele
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.12E
Exercise 5.12
LO 5
Required:
- What was the total amount of bad debts expense recognized during the year? (Hint: Make a T-account for the Allowance for Bad Debts account.)
- As a result of a comprehensive analysis, it is determined that the December 31, 2016, balance of Allowance for Bad Debts should be $23,200. Show in the horizontal model or in
journal entry format the adjustment required.
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Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.1MECh. 5 - Prob. 5.2MECh. 5 - Mini-Exercise 5.3 LO 5 Accounts receivable, bad...Ch. 5 - Mini-Exercise 5.4 LO 5 Bad debts...Ch. 5 - Mini-Exercise 5.5 LO 7, 8 Cost flow...Ch. 5 - Mini-Exercise 5.6 LO 7, 8 Cost flow...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.7ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.8ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.9ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.10E
Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.11 LO 5 Bad debts analysis-Allowance,...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.12 LO 5 Bad debts analysis-Allowance...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.13 LO 5 Cash discounts-ROI Annual...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.14ECh. 5 - Exercise 5.15 LO 6 Notes receivable-interest...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.16 LO 6 Notes receivable-interest...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.17 LO 7, 8 LIFO versus FIFO-matching...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.18ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.19ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.20ECh. 5 - Exercise 5.21 LO 5, 6, 8 Transaction...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.22 LO 5. 8, 10 Transaction...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.23 LO 5, 6, 7 Transaction...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.24 LO 7, 8, 10 Transaction...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.25PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.26PCh. 5 - Problem 5.27 LO 5 Bad debts analysis-Allowance...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.28 LO 5 Bad debts analysis-Allowance...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.29 LO 5 Analysis of accounts receivable...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.30 LO 5 Analysis of accounts receivable...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.31 LO 7, 8 Cost flow assumptions-FIFO...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.32 LO 7, 8 Cost flow assumptions-FIFO,...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.33PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.34PCh. 5 - Problem 5.35 LO 7 Effects of inventory errors If...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.36PCh. 5 - Case 5.37 LO 5, 7, 8 Focus company-accounts...Ch. 5 - Case 5.38
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