Loose Leaf for Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions
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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Percent of account receivables method: This method is used to originate the percentage of bad debt which a business may guess to experience. To settle the allowance for doubtful accounts this method is used and this is an account of contra which offsets the asset’s accounts receivable. This method is also known as ‘balance sheet method’.

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