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 3MC
- 3. For many years, Carefree Company has estimated
Bad Debt Expense using the aging of accounts receivable method. Assuming Carefree has no write-offs or recoveries, its estimate of uncollectible receivables resulting from the aging analysis equals- a. Bad Debt Expense for the current period.
- b. The ending balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts for the period.
- c. The change in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts for the period.
- d. Both (a) and (c).
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c.Estimating the appropriate balance for the allowance for doubtful accounts results in the appropriate value for net accounts receivable on the statement of financial position.
d.The precise amount of bad debt expense may be arrived at by multiplying historical bad debt rates by the amount of credit sales made during a period.
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