Survey Of Accounting
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Author: Edmonds, Thomas P.
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Chapter 5, Problem 4E
Effect of recognizing uncollectible accounts expense on financial statements: Percent of revenue allowance method
Rosie Dry Cleaning was started on January 1, 2018. It experienced the following events during its first two years of operation:
Events Affecting 2018
1. Provided $45,000 of cleaning services on account.
2. Collected $39,000 cash from
3. Adjusted the accounting records to reflect the estimate that uncollectible accounts expense would be 1 percent of the cleaning revenue on account.
Events Affecting 2019
1. Wrote off a $300 account receivable that was determined to be uncollectible.
2. Provided $62,000 of cleaning services on account.
3. Collected $61,000 cash from accounts receivable.
4. Adjusted the accounting records to reflect the estimate that uncollectible accounts expense would be 1 percent of the cleaning revenue on account.
Required
a. Organize the transaction data in accounts under an
b. Determine the following amounts:
(1) Net income for 2018.
(2) Net
(3) Balance of accounts receivable at the end of 2018.
(4) Net realizable value of accounts receivable at the end of 2018.
c. Repeat Requirement b for the 2019 accounting period.
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The following selected transactions were taken from the records of Rustic Tables Company for the year ending December 31:
June 8. Wrote off account of Kathy Quantel, $8,150.
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Dec. 31.
If necessary, record the year-end adjusting entry for uncollectible accounts.
If no entry is required, select "No entry" and leave the amount boxes blank. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.
a. Journalize the transactions under the direct write-off method.
June 8 Bad Debt Expense
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Roth Service Company experienced the following transactions for Year 1, its first year of
operations: Provided $72,000 of services on account. Collected $41,000 cash from accounts
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30 5,900 0.05 31 to 60 3,400 0.10 61 to 90 1, 100 0.30 Over 90 days 3,800 0.50 Required
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statement for Roth Service Company for Year 1. What is the net realizable value of the
accounts receivable at December 31, Year 1?
Activity 2
Directions: Compute the uncollectible account expense using the percent of accounts
receivable method.
The following information needed in the computation of uncollectible accounts expense
for March 2021 is available for Parkland Enterprises:
Sales
Cash Sales
Accounts Receivable-ending
200,000.00
50,000.00
5,000.00
Assume that the company decided that five percent (5%) of accounts receivable are
deemed uncollectible.
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