
Loose-Leaf for Financial and Managerial Accounting
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Author: John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7, Problem 5DQ
To determine
Allowance for doubtful accounts: It refers to the amount that is use to keep aside by the company as a provision for the part of
To explain: The reason of written off a bad debt against the allowance for doubtful accounts not reducing the estimated realizable value of a company’s accounts receivable.
Explanation:
- The writing off a bad debt against the allowance for doubtful accounts does not reduce the estimated realizable value of a company’s accounts receivable.
- The reason behind it, is that writing off bad debts against allowance for doubtful accounts would have the effect on accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts both with the same amount by leaving the actual difference same between them.
- The writing off a bad debt against allowance for doubtful accounts includes the
journal entry of debiting allowance for doubtful accounts by crediting accounts receivable with the same amount for both the accounts. - So, the actual difference between the amount of the two remains the same and that results in neither decrease nor increase in the estimated realizable value of a company’s accounts receivable
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Loose-Leaf for Financial and Managerial Accounting
Ch. 7 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 7 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 7 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 7 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 7 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 7 - Prob. 1DQCh. 7 - Prob. 2DQCh. 7 - Prob. 3DQCh. 7 - Prob. 4DQCh. 7 - Prob. 5DQ
Ch. 7 - Prob. 6DQCh. 7 - Prob. 7DQCh. 7 - Prob. 8DQCh. 7 - Prob. 9DQCh. 7 - Prob. 10DQCh. 7 - Prob. 1QSCh. 7 - Prob. 2QSCh. 7 - Prob. 3QSCh. 7 - QS 7-4 Distinguishing between allowance method and...Ch. 7 - QS 7-5 Allowance method for bad debts P2
Gomez...Ch. 7 - Percent of accounts receivable method P3 Warner...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7QSCh. 7 - Prob. 8QSCh. 7 - Prob. 9QSCh. 7 - Prob. 10QSCh. 7 - Prob. 11QSCh. 7 - Prob. 12QSCh. 7 - Prob. 13QSCh. 7 - Prob. 1ECh. 7 - Prob. 2ECh. 7 - Prob. 3ECh. 7 - Prob. 4ECh. 7 - Prob. 5ECh. 7 - Prob. 6ECh. 7 - Prob. 7ECh. 7 - Exercise 7-8 Percent of receivables method P3...Ch. 7 - Prob. 9ECh. 7 - Prob. 10ECh. 7 - Prob. 11ECh. 7 - Prob. 12ECh. 7 - Prob. 13ECh. 7 - Exercise 7-14 Dishonoring a note P4 Prepare...Ch. 7 - Prob. 15ECh. 7 - Prob. 16ECh. 7 - Prob. 17ECh. 7 - Prob. 1PSACh. 7 - Prob. 2PSACh. 7 - Prob. 3PSACh. 7 - Prob. 4PSACh. 7 - Prob. 5PSACh. 7 - Prob. 1PSBCh. 7 - Prob. 2PSBCh. 7 - Prob. 3PSBCh. 7 - Prob. 4PSBCh. 7 - Prob. 5PSBCh. 7 - Prob. 7SPCh. 7 - Prob. 1GLPCh. 7 - Prob. 1BTNCh. 7 - Prob. 2BTNCh. 7 - Anton Blair is the manager of a medium-size...Ch. 7 - Prob. 4BTNCh. 7 - Prob. 5BTNCh. 7 - Prob. 6BTNCh. 7 - Prob. 7BTNCh. 7 - Prob. 8BTNCh. 7 - Prob. 9BTN
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