Fundamentals Of Financial Accounting
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Chapter 8, Problem 8E
Recording and Reporting Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Using the Percentage of Credit Sales and Aging of Accounts Receivable Methods
Innovative Tech Inc. (ITI) has been using the percentage of credit sales method to estimate
Required:
- 1. Prepare the November
adjusting entry for bad debts. - 2. Starting in December, ITI switched to using the aging method. At its December 31 year-end, total Accounts Receivable is $89,000, aged as follows: (1) 1–30 days old, $75,000; (2) 31–90 days old, $10,000; and (3) more than 90 days old, $4,000. The average rate of uncollectibility for each age group is estimated to be (1) 10 percent, (2) 20 percent, and (3) 40 percent, respectively. Prepare a schedule to estimate an appropriate year-end balance for the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.
- 3. Before the end-of-year adjusting entry is made, the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a $1,600 credit balance at December 31. Prepare the December 31 adjusting entry.
- 4. Show how the various accounts related to accounts receivable should be shown on the December 31 balance sheet.
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