Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition
Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781118953808
Author: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.5E

(a)

To determine

Accounts receivable

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.

Allowance method:

It is a method for accounting bad debt expense, where amount of uncollectible accounts receivable are estimated and recorded at the end of particular period. Under this method, bad debts expenses are estimated and recorded prior to the occurrence of actual bad debt, in compliance with matching principle by using the allowance for doubtful account.

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 determine: The total estimated bad debts using the given information.

(b)

To determine

To prepare: The year-end adjusting entry to record the bad debt expense as at March 31, 2017.

(c)

To determine

To discuss: The implication of the changes in the aging schedule from the year 2016 to the year 2017.

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