Blake Company had net credit sales of $900,000 during the year 20XX, and has an Accounts Receivable balance of $425,000 at December 31, 20XX, and an unadjusted credit balance of $11,000 in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. Blake estimates Bad Debt Expense as 1% of net credit sales.
Record the journal entry for bad debt expense.
Required provision for Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Required provision for Allowance for Doubtful Accounts -= Net credit sales x Percentage of Bad debt provision
= $900,000 x 1.00%
= $9,000
Here, we’ve an unadjusted credit balance of $11,000 in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts which is $2,000 ($11,000 - $9,000) higher than the required provision for Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.
Therefore, no extra provision is required for the bad debt expense for the Year and hence no journal entry required.
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