ACCT-110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Accrued Interest
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Accounts receivable represents credit supplied to your customers. Accounts receivable is a large investment in working capital for most companies. If the companies did not provide credit they would receive cash from sales earlier. It delays receipt of cash from the customer. Credit card sales are sales made on credit provided by a bank. The company receives cash for the sale immediately. The company pays the bank a fee for this service. The bank absorbs the risk of bad debt expense. Bad debts: represent expense for customers who do not pay their bills. Bad debt is an expense and is recognized two ways: Sales revenue xx xx xx: direct write off, allowance method. The journal entry for the direct write off is: The journal entry for the allowance method is: xx. Allowance for doubtful accounts is a contra-asset account = reduction of receivables. Note receivable: represents a loan to another individual or company usually to book a sale .