ADM 1340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: General Ledger, Promissory Note, Income Statement

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Single acc receivable acc in the general ledger is the control acc. Interest revenue- if a custo(cid:373)er does(cid:374)"t pay i(cid:374) full withi(cid:374) a specified period (cid:894)usually 30 days(cid:895), an interest(financing) charge may be added to the balance due. Most companies use the percentage of receivables basis to determine the allowance: Estimate what percentage of receivables are unlikely to be uncollectible. Apply this % to total receivable or. Summary of the allowance method: recording estimated uncollectible acc. Any increase to the allowance is recorded as bad debts expense: recording the write-off of an uncollectible acc. Actual accounts are written off when they are determined to be uncollectible. This write-off reduces the allowance: recording the recovery of an uncollectible ac if a written-off acc is later collected, the write-off is reversed, and the collection recorded. Stronger legal claim to assets than acc receivable written promise (promissory note to repay) Customers who need to extend payment of an acc receivable.

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