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The following selected transactions were taken from the records of Rustic Tables Company for the year ending December 31:
June 8. | Wrote off account of Kathy Quantel, $8,540. |
Aug. 14. | Received $6,060 as partial payment on the $15,290 account of Rosalie Oakes. Wrote off the remaining balance as uncollectible. |
Oct. 16. | Received the $8,540 from Kathy Quantel, whose account had been written off on June 8. Reinstated the account and recorded the cash receipt. |
Dec. 31 | Wrote off the following accounts as uncollectible (record as one |
Wade Dolan | $2,480 |
Greg Gagne | 1,540 |
Amber Kisko | 5,890 |
Shannon Poole | 3,420 |
Niki Spence | 940 |
Dec. 31 If necessary, record the year-end
Rustic Tables Company prepared the following aging schedule for its
Aging Class (Number of Days Past Due) |
Receivables Balance on December 31 |
Estimated Percent of Uncollectible Accounts |
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0-30 days | $410,000 | 2% | ||||||||||||
31-60 days | 154,000 | 7 | ||||||||||||
61-90 days | 49,000 | 20 | ||||||||||||
91-120 days | 18,000 | 45 | ||||||||||||
More than 120 days | 25,000 | 80 | ||||||||||||
Total receivables | $656,000 |
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a. Journalize the transactions under the direct write-off method.
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Aug. 14 | fill in the blank bf7117f8305e074_8 | fill in the blank bf7117f8305e074_9 | |
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Oct.16-reinstate | fill in the blank bf7117f8305e074_17 | fill in the blank bf7117f8305e074_18 | |
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Oct.16-collection | fill in the blank bf7117f8305e074_23 | fill in the blank bf7117f8305e074_24 | |
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Dec. 31-adjusting | fill in the blank bf7117f8305e074_47 | fill in the blank bf7117f8305e074_48 | |
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b. Journalize the transactions under the allowance method, assuming that the allowance account had a beginning credit balance of $25,620 on January 1 and the company uses the analysis of receivables method.
June 8. | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_2 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_3 | |
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Aug. 14 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_8 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_9 | |
fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_11 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_12 | ||
fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_14 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_15 | ||
Oct.16-reinstate | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_17 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_18 | |
fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_20 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_21 | ||
Oct.16-collection | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_23 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_24 | |
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Dec. 31-write-off | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_29 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_30 | |
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fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_35 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_36 | ||
fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_38 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_39 | ||
fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_41 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_42 | ||
fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_44 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_45 | ||
Dec. 31-adjusting | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_47 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_48 | |
fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_50 | fill in the blank 8cf655f8bfbffe7_51 |
c. How much higher (lower) would Rustic Tables’ net income have been under the direct write-off method than under the allowance method?
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Bad Debt Expense - This Expense Arise from the Fact that when the debtors is unable to pay his outstanding and company feel to book it as expense . There are different method to calculate the Bad Debt Expense.
Direct write off Method - In this method, the uncollectible Accounts Receivable are directly written off as the Bad Debt Expense and the expense is shown in the Income Statement.
Allowance method - In this method, the company doesnt wait for accounts to become uncollectible , its based on certain trend will decide the percentage uncollectible and will move it to reserve account
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