Horngren's Accounting (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133856781
Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem S9.5SE
Applying die allowance method to account for uncollectibles
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- Sales revenue on account, $265,800 (ignore Cost of Goods Sold).
- Collections on account, $220,000.
- Write-offs of uncollectibles, $6,100.
- Bad debts expense of $5,000 was recorded.
Requirements
- Journalize Turning Leaves’s transactions for 2016 assuming Turning Leaves uses the allowance method.
Post the transactions to the Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Bad Debts, and Bad Debts Expense T-accounts, and determine the ending balance of each account- Show how accounts receivable would be reported on the
balance sheet at December 31, 2016.
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Requirement 1. Journalize Turning Leaves's transactions for 2016 assuming Turning Leaves uses the allowance method. (Record debits first, then credits. Select the explanation on the last line of the journal
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At September 30, 2018, the accounts of Roxbury Medical Center (RMC) include the following:
Accounts Receivable
$154,000
Allowance for Bad Debts (credit balance)
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During the last quarter of 2018, RMC completed the following selected transactions:
• Sales on account, $465,000. Ignore Cost of Goods Sold.
• Collections on account, $441,800.
• Wrote off accounts receivable as uncollectible: Jenkins, Co., $1,900; Sony, $800; and Smith, Inc., $500
• Recorded bad debts expense based on the aging of accounts receivable, as follows:
Age of Accounts
1–30 Days
31–60 Days
61–90 Days
Over 90 Days
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$ 97,000
$ 37,000
$ 17,000
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Estimated percent uncollectible
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3.5%
29%
32%
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