FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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At December 31, 2017, the trial balance of Windsor, Inc. contained the following amounts before adjustment.

   
Debit
 
Credit
Accounts Receivable
  $178,900    
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
      $   1,610
Sales Revenue
      915,400

 

(a)  Prepare the adjusting entry at December 31, 2017, to record bad debt expense, assuming that the aging schedule indicates that $10,260 of accounts receivable will be uncollectible.
(b)  Repeat part (a), assuming that instead of a credit balance there is a $1,610 debit balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.
(c)  During the next month, January 2018, a $1,940 account receivable is written off as uncollectible. Prepare the journal entry to record the write-off.
(d)  Repeat part (c), assuming that Windsor, Inc. uses the direct write-off method instead of the allowance method in accounting for uncollectible accounts receivable.


(Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

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Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
(a) 
enter an account title for the adjusting entry to record bad debt expense
 
enter a debit amount
 
enter a credit amount
 
 
enter an account title for the adjusting entry to record bad debt expense
 
enter a debit amount
 
enter a credit amount
 
(b) 
enter an account title for the adjusting entry assuming option b
 
enter a debit amount
 
enter a credit amount
 
 
enter an account title for the adjusting entry assuming option b
 
enter a debit amount
 
enter a credit amount
 
(c) 
enter an account title to record the write-off
 
enter a debit amount
 
enter a credit amount
 
 
enter an account title to record the write-off
 
enter a debit amount
 
enter a credit amount
 
(d) 
enter an account title for the jounral entry assuming option d
 
enter a debit amount
 
enter a credit amount
 
 
enter an account title for the jounral entry assuming option d
 
enter a debit amount
 
enter a credit amount
 
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