ACCT 1209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Income Statement, Accounts Receivable, Matching Principle

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Acct 1209- lecture 15 accounting for bad debt; estimating bad debt expense using. Percent of credit sales; estimating bad debt expense using aging method. Doubtful accounts: as a contra- asset, the balance in allowance for doubtful accounts is always subtracted from the balance of the asset accounts receivable. 120 days is less likely to be collected, on average, than a similar receivable that remains unpaid after 45 days. Exercise: allowance method of accounting for bad debts. During 2014, credit inc. record total sales of ,500,000, ,000 of which were over the counter cash sales. Based on experience, the company estimates that 2% of credit sales may prove to be uncollectible. The allowance for doubtful account reflects a ,000 credit balance before adjustment: record the adjusting entry to estimate bad debts. Bad debt expense = 2% {2,500,000 700,000} = 36,000. Assume the ending balance of account receivable in 2014 was ,00. Allowance for doubtful account ,000. Allowance for doubtful account .

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