Loose Leaf for Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions
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ISBN: 9781260158762
Author: John J Wild
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Innovative Tech Inc. (ITI) has been using the percentage of credit sales method to estimate bad debts. During November, ITI sold services on account for $100,000 and estimated that ½ of 1 percent of those sales would be uncollectible.
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Prepare the November adjusting entry for bad debts.
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A company uses the percent of sales method to determine its bad debts expense. At the end of the current year, the company's unadjusted trial balance reported the following selected amounts:
All sales are made on credit. Based on past experience, the company estimates that 0.3% of net credit sales are uncollectible. What amount should be debited to Bad Debts Expense when the year-end adjusting entry is prepared?
Innovative Tech Inc. (ITI) has been using the percentage of credit sales method to estimate bad debts.
During November, ITI sold services on account for $130,000 and estimated that 3/4 of 1 percent of those
sales would be uncollectible.
Required:
1. Prepare the November adjusting entry for bad debts.
2. Starting in December, ITI switched to using the aging method. At its December 31 year-end, total
Accounts Receivable is $89,900, aged as follows: (1) 1–30 days old, $74,000; (2) 31–90 days old, $12,000;
and (3) more than 90 days old, $3,900. The average rate of uncollectibility for each age group is
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estimate an appropriate year-end balance for the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.
3. Before the end-of-year adjusting entry is made, the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a $1,550 credit
balance at December 31. Prepare the December 31 adjusting entry.
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