
Concept explainers
(a)
Bad debt expense:
Bad debt expense is an expense account. Amount of loss incurred from extending credit to the customers are recorded as bad debt expense. In other words, estimated uncollectible accounts receivable are known as bad debt expense.
Aging of receivables method:
A method of determining the estimated uncollectible receivables, based on the age of individual accounts receivable, is known as aging of receivables method.
To calculate: The total estimated
(b)
To prepare: The year-end
(c)
To prepare: The
(d)
Write-off:
Write-off refers to deduction of a certain amount from accounts receivable, when it becomes uncollectible.
To Prepare: The journal entries to record the recovered amount, which is previously written off as uncollectible.
(e)
To comment: on the answers from (a) to (d) if Incorporation R used 4% of total accounts receivable as uncollectible, instead of using aging of receivables, and to discuss the advantages of using aging the accounts receivables instead of applying percentage to total accounts receivable.

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