ACTG 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Promissory Note, Income Statement, Financial Statement

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Accounting 211 Lecture 6 Reporting and Analyzing
Receivables
Accounts Receivable:
Amounts due from customers for credit sales
Credit Sales Require:
o Maintaining a separate account receivable for each customer
o Accounting for bad debts that result from credit sales
Credit Card Sales:
Advantages of allowing customers to use credit cards:
o Customers’ credit is evaluated by the credit card issuer
o Sales increase by providing payment options to the customer
o The risks are transferred to the credit card issuer
o Cash collections are quicker
With come credit cards and nearly all debit cards, the seller deposits the credit card sales
receipts in the bank just like it deposits a customer’s check
The bank increases the balance in the company’s checking account
The company usually pays a fee of 1% to 5% of card sales, for the service
Installment Accounts Receivable:
Amounts owned by customers from credit sales for which payment is required in periodic
amounts over an extended time period
The customer is usually charged interest, which is the cost for the use of money over time
Valuing Accounts Receivable:
Some customers may not pay their account
Uncollectible amounts are referred to as bad debts
There are two methods of accounting for bad debts:
o Direct write-off method
o Allowance method
Matching VS Materiality
The matching (expense recognition) principle requires expenses to be reported in the
same accounting period as the sales they help produce
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Accounting 211 lecture 6 reporting and analyzing. Accounts receivable: amounts due from customers for credit sales, credit sales require, maintaining a separate account receivable for each customer, accounting for bad debts that result from credit sales. Valuing accounts receivable: some customers may not pay their account, uncollectible amounts are referred to as bad debts, there are two methods of accounting for bad debts, direct write-off method, allowance method. Estimating bad debts expense: percent of sales method (income statement method, accounts receivable methods (balance sheet methods, percent of accounts receivable method, aging of accounts receivable method. Percent of sales method: bad debts expense is computed as follows, current period credit sales x bad debt % = estimated bad debts expense. Barton has ,000 in accounts receivable and an existing credit balance in allowance for doubtful accounts on december 31, 2013. (past experience suggests that. What is barton"s bad debt expense for 2013: . 000 x 4% = 4000, bad debts expense.

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