Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9780078025549
Author: J. David Spiceland, Wayne M Thomas, Don Herrmann
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.16BE
Refer to the information in BE5–17, but now assume that the balance of Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts before adjustment is $4,000 (debit). The company still estimates future uncollectible accounts to be 3% of credit sales for the war. What adjustment would Brinkley record for Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts using the percentage-of-credit-sales method?
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