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Chapter 5, Problem 5.8BE
To determine
Bad debt expense is an expense account. The amounts of loss incurred from extending credit to the customers are recorded as bad debt expense. Estimated future uncollectible
Aging of receivables method:
A method of determining the estimated uncollectible receivables based on the age of individual accounts receivable is known as aging of receivables method.
To compute: The total estimated uncollectible accounts.
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d) Golden Music Company uses the allowance method to estimate uncollectible accounts
receivable. An aging of the accounts receivable revealed the following:
Estimated Percentage
Uncollectible
Current Accounts
$17,000
$1,500
$1,200
$500
$900
$21,100
1%
1-30 days past due
31–60 days past due
61–90 days past due
Over 90 days past due
Total Accounts Receivable
3%
6%
12%
25%
On 31 December 2021, the company has found out that a customer went bankrupt and
management agreed that the accounts receivable of $900 included above which is past due
for over 90 days can be written off.
i) Compute the total estimated uncollectible accounts receivable as at 31 December
2021.
ii) Prepare the journal entry year-end to write off the accounts receivable of $900 and
the adjusting journal entry to record the bad debts for the year ended 31 December
2021.
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