Raintree Cosmetic Company sells its products to customers on a credit basis. An adjusting entry for bad debt expense is recorded only at December 31, the company's fiscal year-end. The 2023 balance sheet disclosed the following: Current assets: Receivables, net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of $36,000 $ 462,000 During 2024, credit sales were $1,780,000, cash collections from customers $1,860,000, and $41,000 in accounts receivable were written off. In addition, $3,600 was collected from a customer whose account was written off in 2023. An aging of accounts receivable at December 31, 2024, reveals the following: Age Group 0-60 days 61-90 days 91-120 days Percentage of Year- End Receivables in Group 70% 20 Percent Uncollectible 5% 15 20 5 40 5 Over 120 days Required: 1. Prepare summary journal entries to account for the 2024 write-offs and the collection of the receivable previously written off. 2. Prepare the year-end adjusting entry for bad debts according to each of the following situations: a. Bad debt expense is estimated to be 4% of credit sales for the year. b. Bad debt expense is estimated by adjusting the allowance for uncollectible accounts to the balance that reduces the carrying value of accounts receivable to the amount of cash expected to be collected. The allowance for uncollectible accounts is estimated to be 10% of the year-end balance in accounts receivable. c. Bad debt expense is estimated by adjusting the allowance for uncollectible accounts to the balance that reduces the carrying value of accounts receivable to the amount of cash expected to be collected. The allowance for uncollectible accounts is determined by an aging of accounts receivable. 3. For situations (a)-(c) in requirement 2 above, what would be the net amount of accounts receivable reported in the 2024 balance sheet?

At the end of the current year, using the aging of receivable method, management estimated that $24,750 of the accounts receivable balance would be uncollectible. Prior to any year-end adjustments, the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts had a credit balance of $465. What adjusting entry should the company make at the end of the current year to record its estimated bad debts expense?

Aerospace Electronics reports $570,000 in credit sales for 2018 and $634,500 in 2019. They have a $501,000 accounts receivable balance at the end of 2018, and $602,000 at the end of 2019. Aerospace uses the income statement method to record bad debt estimation at 4% during 2018. To manage earnings more favorably, Aerospace changes bad debt estimation to the balance sheet method at 6% during 2019. A. Determine the bad debt estimation for 2018. $ B. Determine the bad debt estimation for 2019. C. How does the new total bad debt expense affect net income and net accounts receivable? Bad debt expense is lower, net income is higher, and net re а. are higher. Bad debt expense is lower, net income is higher, and net re b. are lower. Bad debt expense is higher, net income is lower, and net re С. are higher. Bad debt expense is higher, net income is lower, and net re d. are lower.

During its first year of operations, Fall Wine Tour earned net credit sales of $311,000. Industry experience suggests that bad debts will amount to 3% of net credit sales. At December 31, 2024, accounts receivable total $44,000. The company uses the allowance method to account for uncollectibles. Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Journalize Fall Wine Tour's Bad Debts Expense using the percent-of-sales method. (Record debits first, then credits. Select the explanation on the last line of the journal entry table.) Date Accounts and Explanation Debit Credit Dec. 31 Requirement 2. Show how to report accounts receivable on the balance sheet at December 31, 2024. Balance Sheet (Partial): Current Assets: