Financial Accounting
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Chapter 9, Problem 9E
Waddell Industries has a past history of uncollectible accounts, as follows. Estimate the allowance for doubtful accounts, based on the aging of receivables schedule you completed in Exercise 9-8.
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The following accounts were unintentionally omitted from the aging schedule and not included in the preceding subtotals:
- a. Determine the number of days past due for each of the preceding accounts as of August 31.
- b. Complete the aging of receivables schedule by adding the omitted accounts to the bottom of the schedule and updating the totals.
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Cindy Bagnal, the manager of Cayce Printing Service, has provided the following aging schedule for Cayce’s accounts receivable: Cindy indicates that the $121,100 of accounts receivable identified in the table does not include$4,600 of receivables that should be written off.Required:1. Journalize the $4,600 write-off.2. Determine the desired postadjustment balance in allowance for doubtful accounts (round each aging category to the nearest dollar).3. If the balance in allowance for doubtful accounts before the $4,600 write-off was a debit of $700, compute bad debt expense. Prepare the adjusting entry to record bad debt expense.
Domino Company ages its accounts receivable to estimate uncollectible accounts expense. Domino began Year 2 with balances in Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of
$44,010 and $3,440, respectively. During Year 2, the company wrote off $2,620 in uncollectible accounts. In preparation for the company's estimate of uncollectible accounts expense for Year 2,
Domino prepared the following aging schedule:
Number of Days
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Current
0-30
31-60
61-90
Over 90
Total
Multiple Choice
$4,296
What amount will be reported as uncollectible accounts expense on the Year 2 income statement?
$1,676
$2,620
Receivables
Amount
$70,000
$5,116
26,700
6,760
3,420
3,100
$ 109,980
% Likely to be
Uncollectible
1%
5%
10%
25%
50%
Domino Company uses the aging of accounts receivable method to estimate uncollectible accounts expense. Domino began Year 2 with balances in Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $46,310 and $3,650, respectively. During the year, the company wrote off $2,740 in uncollectible accounts. In preparation for the company's Year 2 estimate, Domino prepared the following aging schedule:
Number of days past due
Receivables amount
% Likely to be uncollectible
Current
$77,000
1%
0-30
28,400
5%
31-60
7,460
10%
61-90
3,920
25%
Over 90
3,600
50%
Total
$120,380
What will Domino record as Uncollectible Accounts Expense for Year 2?
Chapter 9 Solutions
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