Financial Accounting
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.2P
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Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc., is a specialty coffee roaster and marketer of branded fresh-roasted whole bean coffee. It recently disclosed the following information concerning the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts on its Form 10-K Annual Report submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission
A summary of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is as follows (dollars in thousands)
| Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | Balance at Beginning of Period | Additions (Charges) to Expense | Write-Offs | Balance at End of Period |
| Year 1 | $128 | $ ? | $ 0 | $132 |
| Year 2 | 132 | 187 | ? | 283 |
| Year 3 | 283 | 42 | 201 | 124 |
Required:
- 1. Record summary
journal entries related to bad debts for Year 3. - 2. Supply the missing dollar amounts noted by (?) for Year 1 and Year 2
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Financial Accounting
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