Fundamentals Of Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259864230
Author: PHILLIPS, Fred, Libby, Robert, Patricia A.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 8, Problem 2PA
Interpreting Disclosure of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Expedia, Inc., disclosed the following rounded amounts (in thousands) concerning the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts on its Form 10-K annual report.
Required:
- 1. Create a T-account for the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and enter into it the 2014 amounts from the above schedule. Then write the T-
account in equation format to prove the above items account for the changes in the account. - 2. Record summary
journal entries for 2015 related to (a) estimatingBad Debt Expense and (b) writing off specific customer account balances. - 3. Supply the missing dollar amount noted by “?” for 2016.
- 4. If Expedia had written off an additional $20 of Accounts Receivable during 2016, by how much would Net Receivables have decreased? How much would Net Income have decreased?
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Fundamentals Of Financial Accounting
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