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Author: Fred Phillips Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.2CP
1.
To determine
To create: A T-account for allowance for doubtful accounts and enter its transactions.
2.
To determine
To prepare:
3.
To determine
The amount by which the net receivables and net income would have decreased, if Corporation S had written off an additional $100 (thousand) of receivable.
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On December 31, Jarden Company's Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has an unadjusted credit balance of $15,500.
Jarden prepares a schedule of its December 31 accounts receivable by age.
Accounts
Receivable
$ 880,000
352,000
70, 400
35, 200
14, 080
Required:
1. Compute the required balance of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at December 31 using an aging of accounts receivable.
Accounts
Receivable
Age of Accounts Receivable
Not yet due
1 to 30 days past due
31 to 60 days past due
61 to 90 days past due
Over 90 days past due
Not due:
1 to 30:
31 to 60:
61 to 90:
Over 90:
Estimated balance of allowance for uncollectibles
Accounts
Receivable
$ 880,000
352,000
70, 400
35, 200
14, 080
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X
Date
December 31
X
Percent
Uncollectible (#.##%)
X
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Loose-leaf for Fundamentals of Financial Accounting with Connect
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