Financial Accounting
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781259307959
Author: J. David Spiceland, Wayne M Thomas, Don Herrmann
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.7E
Record the adjustment for uncollectible accounts and calculate net realizable value (LO5–3)
During 2018, its first war of operations. Pave Construction provides services on account of $160,000. By the end of 2018, cash collections on these accounts total $110,000. Pave estimates that 25% of the uncollected accounts will be
Required:
1. Record the adjustment for uncollectible accounts on December 31, 2018.
2. Calculate the net realizable value of accounts receivable.
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