Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
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Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.2CTDC
Pauline’s Pottery has always used the direct write-off method to account for uncollectibles. The company’s revenues, bad debt write-offs, and year-end receivables for the most recent year follow:
The business is applying for a bank loan, and the loan officer requires figures based on the allowance method of accounting for
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Pauline must give the banker the following information:
- 1. How much more or less would net income be for 2016 if Pauline’s Pottery were to use the allowance method for bad debts? Assume Pauline uses the percent-of-sales method.
- 2. How much of the receivables balance at the end of 2016 does Pauline’s Pottery actually expect to collect? (Disregard beginning account balances for the purpose of this question.)
- 3. Explain why net income is more or less using the allowance method versus the direct write-off method for uncollectibles.
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