FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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Author: PHILLIPS, LIBB
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Chapter 8, Problem 13E
Using Financial Statement Disclosures to Infer Write-Offs and
Microsoft Corporation develops, produces, and markets a wide range of computer software including the Windows operating system. Microsoft reported the following information about Net Sales Revenue and
According to its Form 10-K, Microsoft recorded Bad Debt Expense of $150 and did not recover any previously written-off accounts during the year ended June 30, 2016.
Required:
- 1. What amount of accounts receivable was written off during the year ended June 30, 2016?
- 2. What was Microsoft’s receivables turnover ratio (to one decimal place) in the current year?
- 3. Does your answer in requirement 2 suggest the collectibility of Accounts Receivable improved (or deteriorated) in 2016, relative to 2015 when the turnover was 5.0?
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FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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