ACCTG 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Income Statement, Accounts Receivable, Matching Principle
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A receivable arising from the sale of goods or services with a verbal promise to pay. Accounts that add up to total accounts receivable. Recognition of bad debts at the point where they will no longer pay. 2/10, net/30= you get 2% off if you pay in 10 days, otherwise you need to pay in. When a company pays you in 9 days, you debit cash 490/discounts 10, and ar credit 500. Deficiencies of the direct write off method. By ignoring the possibility that not all of its outstanding accounts receivable will be collected. By ignoring the possibility of bad debts on sales made during 2016, Roberts has violated its matching principle and has overstated net income for 2016 by ignoring debts as expense. You only hit bad debt expense once when you establish your allowance, until the next year. A contra-asset account: reduce amounts receivable to its net realizable value. Answer: debit ar: 600,000 credit sales: 600,000.