Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9780078025914
Author: Fred Phillips Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Patricia Libby
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.1PA
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Kraft Foods Group Inc. sells Oscar Mayer, Jell-O, Tassimo, and many other food brands. The company reported the following rounded amounts as of December 29, 2012 (all amounts in millions):
| Debits | Credits | |
| Accounts Receivable | $1,120 | |
| Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | $ 30 | |
| Sales (assume all on credit) | 18,300 |
Required:
- 1. Assume Kraft uses ½ of 1 percent of sales to estimate its
Bad Debt Expense for the year. Prepare theadjusting journal entry required for the year, assuming no Bad Debt Expense has been recorded yet. - 2. Assume instead that Kraft uses the aging of accounts receivable method and estimates that $80 of its Accounts Receivable will be uncollectible. Prepare the adjusting journal entry required at December 31, 2012, for recording Bad Debt Expense.
- 3. Repeat requirement 3, except this time assume the unadjusted balance in Kraft’s Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at December 31, 2012, was a debit balance of $20.
- 4. If one of Kraft’s main customers declared bankruptcy in 2013, what journal entry would be used to write off its $15 balance?
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Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
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