Eecise chapter 8 Bad debts and provision doubtful debts Exercise chapter 8 Bad debts and provision doubtful debts Bad Debts Account RM Yr 7 Exercises RM 1. Normaslina Tasb sells goods on credit and has prepared the following information for Yr 7 Debtors a/c P&L alc 632 the last 3 years. Her finnncial year ends on 31 May Yr 8 Debtors a/e Yr 8 P&L a/c c Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 RM140,000 RM148.000 RMI132,000 RM900 Customer balances at 31 May Yr 9 Debtors ale Yr9 P&L ale Bad debts to be written off at 31 May RMS00 RM600 Provisson for Doubtful Debts: 2 To be adjasted to % of net customer balance 2,5% 2% b). Provision for Doubtful Debts. On 1 June Year 6 the balance on the Provision for Doubtful Debts Account was Provision for Bad Debts Account RM RM RM2,150 31/5/Yr 7 Bal cid 2,782 1/6/Yr 6 Bal b'd 2,150 31/5/Yr 7 P&L 632 Required 2,782 2,782 Prepare for eaclh of the 3 years, the following Ledger Accounts: 31/5/Yr 8 Bal eld 16 Yr 7 Bal b'd 2,782 a). . Bad Debts 31/5/Yt 8 P&L 141 31/5/Yr 9 P&I. 1/6 Yr 8 Bal bid 31/5/Yr 9 Bal cid
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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