Covid Ltd has provided you with the following general ledger account balances: 31 March 2022 31 March 2021 $ $ Sales Cost of goods sold Doubtful debt expense Accounts receivable Allowance for doubtful debts Inventory Accounts payable GST 890 000 380 000 2 800 79 800 2 900 40 000 52 200 45 000 Cr 74 000 2 600 49 500 48 960 10 000 Dr
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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