Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
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Author: David Marshall, Wayne William McManus, Daniel Viele
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.4ME
Mini-Exercise 5.4
LO 5
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Calculate the total amount of past-due
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PROBLEM 9
Robin Company uses the following allowance method of accounting for bad debts. The following summary
schedule was prepared from an aging of accounts receivable outstanding on December 31, 2021.
No. of Days Outstanding
0-30 days
31-60 days
Over 60 days
The following information is available for the current year:
Net credit sales for the year
Allowance for uncollectible accounts, January 1, 2021
Allowance for uncollectible accounts, December 31, 2021
(before adjustment)
Amount
P500,000
200,000
100,000
Probability of Collection
98%
90%
80%
P4,000,000
5,000 (cr.)
2,000 (dr.)
Explain how to get the Uncollectible accounts expense
Explain the allowance for uncollectible accounts reported in word's financial statements for 2021.
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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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