Intermediate Accounting
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Chapter 9, Problem 9.3E
Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts,
Kelly reported credt sales ol $1.211,800 for the current year. The company collected $56 000 on account and determined that a $35,000 account due Irom Cruze Company was uncollectible.
Required
Prepare me journal entries reqiared lor each ol the fonowng events:
- a. Credit sales for the current year ignore the effects on cost ol goods sow and inventory
- b. Cash collections for the year
- c. The write off of tho Cruzo Company account
- d. The current year s provision for
bad debts assuring that Kelly estimates bad debts at 15% of ondmg accounts rocoivablo
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b. Journalize the write-offs for the current year under the allowance method. Also, journalize the adjusting entry for uncollectible receivables assuming the company made $2,400,000 of credit sales during the year and the industry average for…
Morry Company wrote off the following accounts receivable as uncollectible for the first year of its operations ending December 31:
Customer
Amount
J. Jackson
$10,000
L. Stanton
9,500
C. Barton
13,100
S. Fenton
2,400
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a. Journalize the write-offs for the current year under the direct write-off method. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.
b. Journalize the write-offs for the current year under the allowance method. Also, journalize the adjusting entry for uncollectible receivables assuming the company made $2,400,000 of credit sales during the year and, based on the industry average, the company expects uncollectible receivables to be 1.5% of credit sales.
c. How much higher or lower would Morry Company's net income have been under the direct write-off method than under the allowance method?
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The ledger of Cullumber Company at the end of the current year shows Accounts Receivable $68,000, Credit Sales $810,000, and
Sales Returns and Allowances $38,000. Prepare journal entries for each separate scenario below.
If Cullumber Company uses the direct write-off method to account for uncollectible accounts, journalize the adjusting
entry at December 31, assuming Cullumber Company determines that Matisse's $500 balance is uncollectible.
(a)
If Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of $900 in the trial balance, journalize the adjusting entry at
December 31, assuming bad debts are expected to be 8% of accounts receivable.
(b)
If Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a debit balance of $490 in the trial balance, journalize the adjusting entry at
December 31, assuming bad debts are expected to be 7% of accounts receivable.
(c)
(Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)
No. Account Titles…
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