Concept explainers
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Accounts receivable refers to the amounts to be received within a short period from customers upon the sale of goods and services on account. In other words, accounts receivable are amounts customers owe to the business. Accounts receivable is an asset of a business.
Bad debt expense:
Bad debt expense is an expense account. The amounts of loss incurred from extending credit to the customers are recorded as bad debt expense. In other words, the estimated uncollectible accounts receivable are known as bad debt expense.
Percentage-of-sales basis:
It is a method of estimating the
To prepare: The
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To prepare: The journal entry, to record the write-off of the customer’s bad debts.
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