Read the following information to answer questions 2.1 - 2.2.LA Fashion has credit sales of $6,400,000 for the financial year ending June 30, 2021, and estimatesat the end of the financial year that five per cent of accounts receivable will not be received.Accounts receivable total $3,100,000. The corporation uses the allowance method to account forbad debts, based on the percentage of receivables approach. Question 2.1:During 2021 a customer defaults on a $18,000 balance related to goods purchased during 2021.The corporation determines that this amount will not be recoverable and removes it from theirrecords. Identify the accounts used in the journal entry to remove the amount from their records(noting above, that the corporation uses the allowance method to account for bad debts).[ Select ]18,000[ Select ]18,000Question 22Question 2.2Using the percentage of receivables approach to calculate the amount of bad debt expense incurred,record the adjusting entry for the bad debt expense for the financial year end June 30, 2021. Thecredit balance in the "allowance for bad debts" account is $34,000 prior to the adjusting entry.[ Select ][ Select ][ Select ][ Select ]<><>

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Read the following information to answer questions 2.1 - 2.2. LA Fashion has credit sales of $6,400,000 for the financial year ending June 30, 2021, and estimates at the end of the financial year that five per cent of accounts receivable will not be received. Accounts receivable total $3,100,000. The corporation uses the allowance method to account for bad debts, based on the percentage of receivables approach.

Read the following information to answer questions 2.1 - 2.2. LA Fashion has credit sales of $6,400,000 for the financial year ending June 30, 2021, and estimates at the end of the financial year that five per cent of accounts receivable will not be received. Accounts receivable total $3,100,000. The corporation uses the allowance method to account for bad debts, based on the percentage of receivables approach.

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Chapter6: Cash And Receivables

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Problem 12E: Inferring Accounts Receivable Amounts At the end of 2019, Karras Inc. had a debit balance of 141,120...

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