
Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions
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ISBN: 9781259533006
Author: John J Wild
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7, Problem 2PSA
Estimating and reporting
At December 31, 2016, Hawke Company reports the following results for its calendar year.
In addition, its unadjusted
Required
- Prepare the
adjusting entry for this company to recognize bad debts under each of the following independent assumptions.
a. Bad debts are estimated to be 1.5% of credit sales.
b. Bad debts are estimated to be 1% of total sales.
c. An aging analysis estimates that 5% of year-end
Check Bad Debts Expense: (1a) $85,230, (1c) $80,085
December 31, 2016,
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