The income statement approach: journalizing bad debts expense and writing off accounts 00 (25 min) Aug 23 Dr. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $950 C. Accounts Receivable, Jill O'Reilly $950 GROUP B PROBLEMS P12-18. Yuen Co. of Windsor has requested that you prepare journal entries from the following (this company uses the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts method based on the income statement approach): 2021 Dec. 31 Recorded bad debts expense of $14,800. 2022 Jan. 8 Mar. 5 Wrote off Woody Tree's account of $1,200 as uncollectible. Wrote off Jim Lantz's account of $600 as uncollectible. Recovered $600 from Jim Lantz. July 9 Aug, 20 23 Wrote off Mabel Hest's account of $750 as uncollectible. Wrote off Jim O'Reilly's account of $950 as uncollectible. Recovered $500 from Mabel Hest. Nov. 19
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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