Fundamentals Of Financial Accounting
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Author: PHILLIPS, Fred, Libby, Robert, Patricia A.
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Chapter 8, Problem 7E
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Brown Cow Dairy uses the aging approach to estimate Bad Debt Expense. The balance of each account receivable is aged on the basis of three time periods as follows: (1 ) 1–30 days old, $12,000; (2) 31–90 days old, $5,000; and (3) more than 90 days old, $3,000. Experience has shown that for each age group, the average loss rate on the amount of the receivable due to uncollectibility is (1) 5 percent, (2) 10 percent, and (3) 20 percent, respectively. At December 31 (end of the current year), the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts balance was $800 (credit) before the end-of-period
Required:
- 1. Prepare a schedule to estimate an appropriate year-end balance for the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.
- 2. What amount of Bad Debt Expense should be recorded on December 31?
- 3. If the unadjusted balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts was a $600 debit balance, what amount of Bad Debt Expense should be recorded on December 31?
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Brown Cow Dairy uses the aging approach to estimate Bad Debt Expense. The balance of each account receivable is aged on the basis of three time periods as follows: (1) 1–30 days old, $12,000; (2) 31–90 days old, $5,000; and (3) more than 90 days old, $3,000. Experience has shown that for each age group, the average loss rate on the amount of the receivable due to uncollectibility is (1) 3 percent, (2) 15 percent, and (3) 30 percent, respectively. At December 31, 2010 (end of the current year), the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts balance was $800 (credit) before the end-of-period adjusting entry is made.
Required:
1. Prepare a schedule to estimate an appropriate year-end balance for the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.
2. What amount should be recorded as Bad…
Brown Cow Dairy uses the aging approach to estimate bad debt expense. The ending balance of each account receivable is aged on the basis of three time periods as follows: (1) not yet due, $10,500; (2) up to 120 days past due, $3,500; and (3) more than 120 days past due, $3,000. Experience has shown that for each age group, the average loss rate on the amount of the receivables at year-end due to uncollectibility is (1) 3 percent, (2) 10 percent, and (3) 25 percent, respectively. At December 31 (end of the current year), the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts balance is $660 (credit) before the end-of-period adjusting entry is made.
Data during the current year follow:
a. During December, an Account Receivable (Patty's Bake Shop) of $610 from a prior sale was determined to be uncollectible; therefore, it was written off immediately as a bad debt.
b. On December 31, the appropriate adjusting entry for the year was recorded.
Required:
1. Give the required journal entries for the two…
Brown Cow Dairy uses the aging approach to estimate Bad Debt Expense. The balance of each account receivable is aged on the
basis of three time periods as follows: (1) 1 to 30 days old, $12,200; (2) 31 to 90 days old, $5,200; and (3) more than 90 days old,
$3,200. For each age group, the average loss rate on the amount of the receivable due to uncollectibility is estimated to be (1) 4
percent, (2) 12 percent, and (3) 15 percent, respectively. At December 31 (end of the current year), the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
balance was $820 (credit) before the end-of-period adjusting entry is made.
Required:
1. Prepare a schedule to estimate an appropriate year-end balance for the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.
2. What amount of Bad Debt Expense should be recorded on December 31?
3. If the unadjusted balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts was a $620 debit balance, what amount of Bad Debt Expense
should be recorded on December 31?
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Fundamentals Of Financial Accounting
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