ACC 113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Debits And Credits, Accounts Receivable, Glossary Of Tennis Terms

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Accounts receivable: amounts owed on account. Notes receivable: a written promise (as evidenced by a formal instrument) for amounts to be received. Trade receivables: notes and accounts receivables that result from sales transactions. Other: interest receivable, loans to company officers, advances to employees, and income taxes refundable listed separately on balance sheet. Bad debt expense: an expense account to record losses from extending credit. Direct write-off method unacceptable for financial reports: method of accounting for bad debts that involve charging receivable balances to. Bad debt expense at the time receivables from a particular company are determined to be uncollectible shows only actual losses. Debt expense and an increase (a credit) to allowance for doubtful. Accounts through an adjusting entry at the end of each period. Allowance for doubtful accounts is a contra account to accounts receivable: companies debit actual uncollectibles to allowance for doubtful.

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