Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
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Author: David Marshall, Wayne William McManus, Daniel Viele
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.4ME
Mini-Exercise 5.4
LO 5
Required:
Calculate the total amount of past-due accounts receivable that were written off as uncollectible during the year. (Hint: Make a T- account for the Allowance for Bad Debts account, plug in the amounts that you know, and solve for the missing amount.)
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Chapter 5: Receivables and Sales
A company reports the following amounts at 12/31/YR2 (before any year-end adjustment). Management estimates 8%
of the receivables will not be collectible. The company uses the percent-of-receivables method to determine bad debt
expense.
Credit sales for the year
1,000,000
Accounts receiyable (A/R)
90,000
Allowance for uncollectible accounts ("AUA")
1,800 Credit Bal.
Estimated percent uncollectible.
6.0%
Create T accounts for A/R, AUA and Bad debt expense to help with the following questions.
Accounts Receivable
AUA
Bad Debt Expense
How much of the Accounts Receivable does management not expect to collect?
What amount will the company record as bad debt expense for the YR2?
What amount will be shown on the 12/31 balance sheet for Net Accounts Receivable?
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2
3
On January 5, YR3, the company writes off an A/R they determined is
uncollectible. After the write off, what is the balance in AUA? The
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amount of the write-off is:
200
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Question 6
Flyzopen Limited had a $900 credit balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at December 31, 2022,
before the current year's provision for uncollectible accounts. An aging of the accounts receivable
revealed the following:
Estimated Percentage
Current Accounts
1-30 days past due
31-60 days past due
61-90 days past due
Over 90 days past due
Total Accounts Receivable
$150,000
15,000
10,000
7,000
10,000
$192.000
Uncollectible
1%
2%
6%
12%
30%
Required:
(a) Prepare the adjusting entry on December 31, 2022, to recognize bad debts expense.
(b)
Assume the same facts as above except that the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts account had a
$900 debit balance before the current year's provision for uncollectible accounts. Prepare the adjusting
entry for the current year's provision for uncollectible accounts.
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PROBLEM 9
Robin Company uses the following allowance method of accounting for bad debts. The following summary
schedule was prepared from an aging of accounts receivable outstanding on December 31, 2021.
No. of Days Outstanding
0-30 days
31-60 days
Over 60 days
The following information is available for the current year:
Net credit sales for the year
Allowance for uncollectible accounts, January 1, 2021
Allowance for uncollectible accounts, December 31, 2021
(before adjustment)
Amount
P500,000
200,000
100,000
Probability of Collection
98%
90%
80%
P4,000,000
5,000 (cr.)
2,000 (dr.)
Explain how to get the Uncollectible accounts expense
Explain the allowance for uncollectible accounts reported in word's financial statements for 2021.
Chapter 5 Solutions
Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.1MECh. 5 - Prob. 5.2MECh. 5 - Mini-Exercise 5.3 LO 5 Accounts receivable, bad...Ch. 5 - Mini-Exercise 5.4 LO 5 Bad debts...Ch. 5 - Mini-Exercise 5.5 LO 7, 8 Cost flow...Ch. 5 - Mini-Exercise 5.6 LO 7, 8 Cost flow...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.7ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.8ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.9ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.10E
Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.11 LO 5 Bad debts analysis-Allowance,...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.12 LO 5 Bad debts analysis-Allowance...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.13 LO 5 Cash discounts-ROI Annual...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.14ECh. 5 - Exercise 5.15 LO 6 Notes receivable-interest...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.16 LO 6 Notes receivable-interest...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.17 LO 7, 8 LIFO versus FIFO-matching...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.18ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.19ECh. 5 - Prob. 5.20ECh. 5 - Exercise 5.21 LO 5, 6, 8 Transaction...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.22 LO 5. 8, 10 Transaction...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.23 LO 5, 6, 7 Transaction...Ch. 5 - Exercise 5.24 LO 7, 8, 10 Transaction...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.25PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.26PCh. 5 - Problem 5.27 LO 5 Bad debts analysis-Allowance...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.28 LO 5 Bad debts analysis-Allowance...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.29 LO 5 Analysis of accounts receivable...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.30 LO 5 Analysis of accounts receivable...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.31 LO 7, 8 Cost flow assumptions-FIFO...Ch. 5 - Problem 5.32 LO 7, 8 Cost flow assumptions-FIFO,...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.33PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.34PCh. 5 - Problem 5.35 LO 7 Effects of inventory errors If...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.36PCh. 5 - Case 5.37 LO 5, 7, 8 Focus company-accounts...Ch. 5 - Case 5.38
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