
Concept introduction:
Allowance for doubtful debts:
Companies generally make credit sales to improve their business and expand their customer base. When a credit sales is made the amount that the company has to receive from its customers is known as receivable. Usually all the customers does not repay the amount they owe to the company and hence there are chances of some not repaying the amount and these are called as
Receivables:
Companies generally make credit sales to improve their business and expand their customer base. When a credit sales is made the amount that the company has to receive from its customers is known as receivable. Usually company all the customers does not repay the amount they owe to the company and hence there are chances of some not repaying the amount and these are called as bad debts. The company usually estimates that a portion of its receivables will become bad debts and create provisions for the same. Therefore the bad debts for the year is adjusted by transferring the amount to allowance for bad debts account.
In fiscal yearend 2015 or in 2016 did Whirlpool considered that a larger percentage of the gross accounts receivable will be uncollectible?

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