Chapter 7, Problem 5E

To determine

Journal Entry:

It means record of financial data related to business transactions in a journal in a manner so that debit equals credit. It provides an audit trail to the auditor and a means to analyze the effects of transactions to an organization’s financial health.

Rules of Journal Entry:

The rules for journal entry are defined by 5 accounting components,

• Assets: Increase in asset should be debit and decrease should be credit.
• Liabilities: Increase in liabilities should be credit and decrease should be debit.
• Equity: Increase in Equity should be credit and decrease should be debit.
• Expense: Increase in expense should be debit and decrease should be credit.
• Revenue: Increase in revenue should be credit and decrease should be debit.

Percentage of Sales Method:

It refers to a method of calculating bad debt expense by a company on the basis of a percentage over net credit sales. This method defines the amount of bad debts as a percentage of net credit sales.

To prepare: Adjustment entry to record the given transactions for uncollectible.