(b)-(d) (b) (c) (d) (b) Prepare the year-end adjusting journal entry to record the Bad Debt Expense using the aged uncollectible accounts receivable determined in (a). Assume the unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a $8,200 debit. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) (c) Of the above accounts, $5,300 is determined to be specifically uncollectible. Prepare the journal entry to write off the uncollectible account. No Account Titles and Explanation (d) The company collects $5,300 subsequently on a specific account that had previously been determined to be uncollectible in (c). Prepare the journal entries necessary to restore the account and record the cash collection. (To reverse write-off.) (To record collection of write off.) Debit Credit

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Blossom Inc. uses the allowance method to estimate uncollectibles. The company produced the following aging of the accounts receivable at year-end.
(a)
Calculate the total estimated uncollectibles based on the below information.
Accounts receivable
% uncollectible
Estimated Bad debts
$
Total
$216,800
0-30
$81,000
2%
31-60
$50,000
5%
Number of Days Outstanding
$
61-90
$42,100
6%
$
91-120
$25,700
9%
Over 120
$18,000
21%
Transcribed Image Text:Blossom Inc. uses the allowance method to estimate uncollectibles. The company produced the following aging of the accounts receivable at year-end. (a) Calculate the total estimated uncollectibles based on the below information. Accounts receivable % uncollectible Estimated Bad debts $ Total $216,800 0-30 $81,000 2% 31-60 $50,000 5% Number of Days Outstanding $ 61-90 $42,100 6% $ 91-120 $25,700 9% Over 120 $18,000 21%
(b)-(d)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(b)
Prepare the year-end adjusting journal entry to record the Bad Debt Expense using the aged uncollectible accounts
receivable determined in (a). Assume the unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a $8,200 debit.
(Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)
(c)
Of the above accounts, $5,300 is determined to be specifically uncollectible. Prepare the journal entry to write off the
uncollectible account.
No Account Titles and Explanation
(d)
The company collects $5,300 subsequently on a specific account that had previously been determined to be
uncollectible in (c). Prepare the journal entries necessary to restore the account and record the cash collection.
(To reverse write-off.)
(To record collection of write off.)
Debit
Credit
Transcribed Image Text:(b)-(d) (b) (c) (d) (b) Prepare the year-end adjusting journal entry to record the Bad Debt Expense using the aged uncollectible accounts receivable determined in (a). Assume the unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a $8,200 debit. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) (c) Of the above accounts, $5,300 is determined to be specifically uncollectible. Prepare the journal entry to write off the uncollectible account. No Account Titles and Explanation (d) The company collects $5,300 subsequently on a specific account that had previously been determined to be uncollectible in (c). Prepare the journal entries necessary to restore the account and record the cash collection. (To reverse write-off.) (To record collection of write off.) Debit Credit
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Journal Entry :— It is an act of recording transaction in books of account when transaction occurred. 

 

General Rule :—

  1. Debit the receiver, credit the giver.
  2. Debit what comes in, credit what goes out.
  3. Debit all expenses & losses, credit all incomes & gains. 

 

 

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