Millennium Associates records bad debt using the allowance, income statement method. They recorded $358,420 in accounts receivable for the year, and $794,270 in credit sales. The uncollectible percentage is 3.6%. On February 5, Millennium Associates identifies one uncollectible account from Molar Corp in the amount of $1,530. On April 15, Molar Corp unexpectedly pays its account in full. Record journal entries for the following. A. Year-end adjusting entry for 2017 bad debt B. February 5, 2018 identification entry C. Entry for payment on April 15, 2018 If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Round your answers to two decimal places. A. Dec. 31, 2017 To record bad debt expense, income statement method B. Feb. 5, 2018 To record bad debt for identified customer C. Apr. 15, 2018 To reinstate previously written-off bad debt

Innovative Tech Inc. (ITI) has been using the percentage of credit sales method to estimate bad debts. During November, ITI sold services on account for $130,000 and estimated that 3/4 of 1 percent of those sales would be uncollectible. Required: 1. Prepare the November adjusting entry for bad debts. 2. Starting in December, ITI switched to using the aging method. At its December 31 year-end, total Accounts Receivable is $89,900, aged as follows: (1) 1–30 days old, $74,000; (2) 31–90 days old, $12,000; and (3) more than 90 days old, $3,900. The average rate of uncollectibility for each age group is estimated to be (1) 12 percent, (2) 24 percent, and (3) 48 percent, respectively. Prepare a schedule to estimate an appropriate year-end balance for the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. 3. Before the end-of-year adjusting entry is made, the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a $1,550 credit balance at December 31. Prepare the December 31 adjusting entry. 4. Show how the various accounts…

Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] At year-end December 31, Chan Company estimates its bad debts as 1.00% of its annual credit sales of $608,000. Chan records its bad debts expense for that estimate. On the following February 1, Chan decides that the $304 account of P. Park is uncollectible and writes it off as a bad debt. On June 5, Park unexpectedly pays the amount previously written off. Prepare Chan's journal entries to record the transactions of December 31, February 1, and June 5. View transaction list

At the beginning of the year, Mitchum Enterprises allows for estimated uncollectible accounts of $21,500. By the end of the year, actual bad debts total $23,500.   Determine the financial statement effects of writing off an uncollectible account. (Amounts to be deducted should be entered with minus sign.)