FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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1 | Record entry to write off the $15,000 receivable which is over 75 days outstanding | ||||||||||||
2 | Calculate the desired credit balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Account using the chart above | ||||||||||||
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Bad debt is loss to the business and as per conservatism principle we anticpate such losses and provide for them in the form of allownaces for bad and doubtful debt.
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