Blunt Company makes credit sales of $25,000 during the month of February 2019. During 2019, collections are received on February sales of $24,500, accounts representing $500 of these sales are written off as uncollectible, and a $100 account previously written off is collected. Required: 1. Prepare the journal entries necessary to record the preceding information if (a) bad debts are estimated as 3% of credit sales at the time of sale and (b) the bad debts are recorded as they actually occur. 2. Next Level Which method—recording bad debts at the time of sale or when they actually occur—is preferred? Why?
Blunt Company makes credit sales of $25,000 during the month of February 2019. During 2019, collections are received on February sales of $24,500, accounts representing $500 of these sales are written off as uncollectible, and a $100 account previously written off is collected. Required: 1. Prepare the journal entries necessary to record the preceding information if (a) bad debts are estimated as 3% of credit sales at the time of sale and (b) the bad debts are recorded as they actually occur. 2. Next Level Which method—recording bad debts at the time of sale or when they actually occur—is preferred? Why?
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At the end of the accounting period, a financial statement is prepared by every company, then at that time while preparing the financial statement, the company determines among its total receivable amount how much portion of receivables is collected by the company during that accounting period.
Accounts Receivable
The word “account receivable” means the payment is yet to be made for the work that is already done. Generally, each and every business sells its goods and services either in cash or in credit. So, when the goods are sold on credit account receivable arise which means the company is going to get the payment from its customer to whom the goods are sold on credit. Usually, the credit period may be for a very short period of time and in some rare cases it takes a year.
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Blunt Company makes credit sales of $25,000 during the month of February 2019. During 2019, collections are received on February sales of $24,500, accounts representing $500 of these sales are written off as uncollectible, and a $100 account previously written off is collected.
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Transcribed Image Text:1a. Assume that bad debts are estimated as 3% of credit sales at the time of sale. Prepare the journal entries to record the credit sales for February and the related estimate of uncollectible accounts on February 28. Next, record the collections on account, the amount
that was written off, and the collection of the account that had been previously written off.
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Transcribed Image Text:16. Assume that the bad debts are recorded as they actually occur. Prepare the journal entry on February 28 to record the credit sales for February. Next, record the collections on account, the amount that was written off, and the collection of the account that had been
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