Aguinaldo enterprises reported an allowance for doubtful accounts of P8,000(credit) at December 31, 2019, before any adjustment. At the end of the year, the company reports accounts receivable of P500,000, 3% of which is estimated to be uncollectible. The adjusting entry required at December 31, 2019 would be: debit to Doubtful Accounts Expense and credit Allowance for Doubtful Accounts amounting to P8,000 P15,000 P23,000 P7,000

Aguinaldo enterprises reported an allowance for doubtful accounts of P8,000(credit) at December 31, 2019, before any adjustment. At the end of the year, the company reports accounts receivable of P500,000, 3% of which is estimated to be uncollectible. The adjusting entry required at December 31, 2019 would be: debit to Doubtful Accounts Expense and credit Allowance for Doubtful Accounts amounting to P8,000 P15,000 P23,000 P7,000

Principles of Accounting Volume 1

19th Edition

ISBN:9781947172685

Author:OpenStax

Publisher:OpenStax

Chapter9: Accounting For Receivables

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 10EB: Starlight Enterprises has net credit sales for 2019 in the amount of $2,600,325, beginning accounts...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Inferring Accounts Receivable Amounts At the end of 2019, Karras Inc. had a debit balance of 141,120 in its accounts receivable. Additionally, Karras had a credit balance in its allowance for doubtful accounts of 4,350 and 9,420 at the beginning and end of the year, respectively. During the year, Karras made credit sales of 1,530,000, collected receivables in the amount of 1,445,700, and recorded bad debt expense of 83, 750. Required: Next Level Compute the amount of accounts receivable that Karras wrote off during the year and the amount of accounts receivable at the beginning of the year.
Abrat Company failed to accrue an allowance for doubtful accounts of 13,500 in 2019. Upon discovery of this error in 2020 prior to making its estimate of doubtful accounts, what correcting journal entry should Abrat make? Ignore income taxes.
The balance in Ashwood Companys accounts payable account at December 31, 2019, was 1,200,000 before any necessary year-end adjustment relating to the following: Goods were in transit from a vendor to Ashwood on December 31, 2019. The invoice cost was 85,000, and the goods were shipped FOB shipping point on December 29, 2019. The goods were received on January 2, 2020. Goods shipped FOB shipping point on December 20, 2019, from a vendor to Ashwood were lost in transit. The invoice cost was 40,000. On January 5, 2020, Ashwood filed a 40,000 claim against the common carrier. Goods shipped FOB destination on December 22, 2019, from a vendor to Ashwood were received on January 6, 2020. The invoice cost was 20,000, What amount should Ashwood report as accounts payable on its December 31,2019, balance sheet? a. 1,260,000 b. 1,285,000 c. 1,325,000 d. 1,345,000
Starlight Enterprises has net credit sales for 2019 in the amount of $2,600,325, beginning accounts receivable balance of $844,260, and an ending accounts receivable balance of $604,930. Compute the accounts receivable turnover ratio and the number of days sales in receivables ratio for 2019 (round answers to two decimal places). What do the outcomes tell a potential investor about Starlight Enterprises if the industry average is 1.5 times and the number of days sales ratio is 175 days?
Mirror Mart uses the balance sheet aging method to account for uncollectible debt on receivables. The following is the past-due category information for outstanding receivable debt for 2019. To manage earnings more efficiently, Mirror Mart decided to change past-due categories as follows. Complete the following. A. Complete each table by filling in the blanks. B. Determine the difference between total uncollectible. C. Explain how the new total uncollectible amount affects net income and accounts receivable.
Estimating Bad Debts from Receivables Balances The following information is extracted from Shelton Corporations accounting records at the beginning of 2019: During 2019, sales on credit amounted to 575,000, 557,400 was collected on outstanding receivables and 2,600 of receivables were written off as uncollectible. On December 31, 2019, Shell on estimastes its bad debts to be 4% of the outstanding gross accounts receivable balance. Required: 1. Prepare the journal entry necessary to record Sheltons estimate of bad debt expense for 2019. 2. Prepare the Accounts Receivable section of Shelton's December 31, 2019, balance sheet. 3. Compute Shelton's receivables turnover. (Round to one decimal place.) 4. It Sheldon uses IFRS, what might be the heading for the accounts receivable section in Requirement 2?
Milky Company's allowance for doubtful accounts was P1,000,000 at the end of 2019 and P900,000 at the end of 2018 For the year ended December 31, 2019, the entity reported doubtful accounts expense of P160,000 in the income statement. What amount was debited to the appropriate account to write off uncollectible accounts in 2020?
DI-TWO Corporation had the following accounts and their balances on December 31 before any adjustments: Sales P5,000,000 Accounts Receivable 600,000 Allowance for doubtful accounts 25,000
The following information is available for AVS-CVN Company: Credit sales during 2019 P 8,000,000 Accounts receivable deemed worthless and written off during 2019 180,000 Allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2018 160,000 As a result of a review and aging of accounts receivable in early January 2020, however, it has been determined that an allowance for doubtful accounts of P110,000 is needed at December 31, 2019. What amount should AVS-CVN record as doubtful accounts expense for the year ended December 31, 2019? P130,000 c. P90,000 P110,000 d. P270,000
Bramble Corp.'s account balances at December 31, 2020 for Accounts Receivable and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts are $700000 debit and $1600 credit. Sales during 2020 were $2709000. It is estimated that 2% of sales will be uncollectible. The adjusting entry would include a credit to the allowance account for $14000. $55780. $54180. $52580.
Oregon Ltd's account balances at December 31, 2021, before adjusting entries, include: Accounts receivable: $156,000 Allowance for doubtful accounts: $1,900 All account balances are normal balances. After reviewing the receivables balance, management estimates that $5,000 of the accounts receivable will be uncollectible. The required adjusting entry would include a credit to the allowance account in the amount of: Question 5 options: $1,900 $6,900 $5,000 $3,100
On December 31, 2019, the end of X Company's accounting period, the company has outstanding Accounts Receivable of P400,000. The company estimates that 5% of these receivables might not be collected. If there is P12,000 (credit) balance for Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts, how much is required balance of the Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts?