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Hitachi, Ltd., reports total revenues of ¥9,616,202 million for its current fiscal year, and its current fiscal year-end unadjusted trial balance reports a debit balance for trade receivables (gross) of ¥2,797,935 million

b. Prepare the adjusting entry to record bad debts expense assuming uncollectibles are estimated to be 2.0% of year-end trade receivables (gross) and its unadjusted trial balance reports a credit balance of ¥10,000 million for the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.

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The amount of bad debt expense will be ¥45,958.70 million.

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01

Journal entry

Date

Particulars

Debit

Credit

b

Bad debt expense

¥45,958.70 million

Allowance for doubtful debt

¥45,958.70 million

(To record the bad debt expense)

02

Notes to accounts

Baddebtexpense=Debitbalanceofreceivables×Percentageofuncollectible-Allowancefordoubtfulaccounts=¥2,797,935million×2.0100-¥10,000million=¥45,958.70million

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Refer to the information in Exercise 7-7 to complete the following requirements.

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2. Do you believe Blair’s recommendation to adjust the allowance for doubtful accounts is within his rights as manager, or do you believe this action is an ethics violation? Justify your response.

3. What type of internal control(s) might be useful for this company in overseeing the manager’s recommendations for accounting changes?

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