Carson's Bakery operates its business on a calendar year-end and uses 1% of Credit Sales to estimate bad debt expense. The company presents the following information at December 31, 2020 before any adjusting entries have been made. Account DR CR Accounts receivable Alowance for doubtful accounts Net credit sales 978,000 23,750 667,500 What will the company record for bad debt expense?
Bad Debts
At the end of the accounting period, a financial statement is prepared by every company, then at that time while preparing the financial statement, the company determines among its total receivable amount how much portion of receivables is collected by the company during that accounting period.
Accounts Receivable
The word “account receivable” means the payment is yet to be made for the work that is already done. Generally, each and every business sells its goods and services either in cash or in credit. So, when the goods are sold on credit account receivable arise which means the company is going to get the payment from its customer to whom the goods are sold on credit. Usually, the credit period may be for a very short period of time and in some rare cases it takes a year.
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