FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
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E5.17
Preparing an Aging Schedule. East Bay Inc. uses the aging method to estimate the company's bad debt
expense. Mark Evans, the president of the company, collected information about the company's outstanding
accounts receivable and their probability of collection:
TA 4
Probability of
Non-Collection
Account Age
Amount
0-30 days.
31-60 days.
61-90 days.
91-120 days.
Over 120 days
$600,000
300,000
150,000
0.75%
....
2.00
3.00
90,000
5.00
50,000
30.00
Calculate the allowance for uncollectible accounts for East Bay, Inc., the total balance in accounts receivable,
and the net realizable value of the company's accounts receivable. Assume that East Bay, Inc. adopts a policy
of writing off as worthless all unpaid accounts receivable over 120 days old. How will implementation of this
policy impact the net realizable value of the company's accounts receivable? Why?
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Transcribed Image Text:E5.17 Preparing an Aging Schedule. East Bay Inc. uses the aging method to estimate the company's bad debt expense. Mark Evans, the president of the company, collected information about the company's outstanding accounts receivable and their probability of collection: TA 4 Probability of Non-Collection Account Age Amount 0-30 days. 31-60 days. 61-90 days. 91-120 days. Over 120 days $600,000 300,000 150,000 0.75% .... 2.00 3.00 90,000 5.00 50,000 30.00 Calculate the allowance for uncollectible accounts for East Bay, Inc., the total balance in accounts receivable, and the net realizable value of the company's accounts receivable. Assume that East Bay, Inc. adopts a policy of writing off as worthless all unpaid accounts receivable over 120 days old. How will implementation of this policy impact the net realizable value of the company's accounts receivable? Why?
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