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2. Calculating Bad Debts

in Chapter 5 (Problem 2 of 4)

A company began the year with Accounts Receivable of $250,000 and a balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $11,000 (cr.). During the year, the company had credit sales of $540,000, collections on Accounts Receivable of $600,000 and wrote off $9,000 for accounts specifically identified as uncollectible. Additionally, the company collected on $2,500 of accounts previously written off during the year.

Past experience indicates that 2% of credit sales will become uncollectible.

  1. What is the ending balance in the Accounts Receivable account?
  2. What is the ending balance in the Allowance for Doubtful account after adjustment?
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  1. Ending Accounts Receivable balance - 181,000
  2. Ending Allowance for Doubtful balance - 15,300

The Rest Of The Practice Problems

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1 The Effect of Bad Debt Expense Easy
2 Calculating Bad Debts
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3 The Effect of Uncollectible Accounts Moderate
4 Using the Balance Sheet Method Hard
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Chapter 5 Videos

1 Net Sales 10:03
2 A/R and Bad Debts Introduction 7:09
3 Direct Method 4:15
4 The Allowance Method 8:56
5 Income Statement vs Balance Sheet Methods 13:14
6 Net Credit Sales 5:20
7 Write Offs and Reinstatements 8:26
8 Notes Receivable 11:27
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