During Burns Company's first year of operations, credit sales
totaled $172,000 and collections on credit sales totaled $121,000.
Burns estimates that bad debt losses will be 2.0% of credit sales.
By year-end, Burns had written off $460 of specific accounts as
uncollectible.
Required:
1. Prepare all appropriate journal entries
relative to uncollectible accounts and bad debt expense.
2. Show the year-end balance sheet presentation
for accounts receivable.
1 | ||||
a | Allowance for uncollectible accounts | 460 | ||
Accounts receivable | 460 | |||
b | Bad debt expense | 3440 | =172000*2% | |
Allowance for uncollectible accounts | 3440 | |||
2 | ||||
Partial balance sheet | ||||
Accounts receivable | 50540 | |||
Less: Allowance for uncollectible accounts | 2980 | 47560 | ||
Workings: | ||||
Accounts receivable=172000-121000-460=$50540 | ||||
Allowance for uncollectible accounts=3440-460=$2980 |
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