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

  1. Estimate the balance of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts assuming the company uses 4.5% of total accounts receivable to estimate uncollectibles, instead of the aging of receivables method.

Short Answer

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The amount of allowance for doubtful accounts will be $25,650

Step by step solution

01

Given the amounts as

Particulars

Amount

Total accounts receivables

$570,000

Uncollectible

4.5%

02

Estimation of the balance in allowance for doubtful accounts

Allowancefordoubtfulaccounts=Totalaccountsreceivables×Uncollectible=$570,000×4.5100=$25,650

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At each calendar year-end, Mazie Supply Co. uses the percent of accounts receivable method to estimate bad debts. On December 31, 2017, it has outstanding accounts receivable of \(55,000, and it estimates that 2% will be uncollectible.

Prepare the adjusting entry to record bad debts expense for year 2017 under the assumption that the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has

  1. a \)415 credit balance before the adjustment

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

b. On June 5 of that next period, the company unexpectedly received a $900 payment on a customer account, Oakley Company, that had previously been written off in part a. Prepare the entries necessary to reinstate the account and to record the cash received.

Solstice Company determines on October 1 that it cannot collect $50,000 of its accounts receivable from its customer P. Moore. Apply the direct write-off method to record this loss as of October 1.

The following selected transactions are from Springer Company.

2016

Nov. 1 Accepted a \(4,800, 90-day, 8% note dated this day in granting Steve Julian a time extension on his past-due account receivable.

Dec. 31 Made an adjusting entry to record the accrued interest on the Julian note.

2017

Jan. 30 Received Julian’s payment for principal and interest on the note dated November 1.

Feb. 28 Accepted a \)12,600, 30-day, 8% note dated this day in granting a time extension on the pastdue account receivable from King Co.

Mar. 1 Accepted a \(6,200, 60-day, 12% note dated this day in granting Myron Shelley a time extension on his past-due account receivable.

30 The King Co. dishonored its note when presented for payment.

Apr. 30 Received payment of principal plus interest from M. Shelley for the March 1 note.

June 15 Accepted a \)2,000, 72-day, 8% note dated this day in granting a time extension on the past-due account receivable of Ryder Solon.

21 Accepted a $9,500, 90-day, 8% note dated this day in granting J. Felton a time extension on his past-due account receivable.

Aug. 26 Received payment of principal plus interest from R. Solon for the note of June 15.

Sep. 19 Received payment of principal plus interest from J. Felton for the June 21 note.

Nov. 30 Wrote off King’s account against Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. Required.

  1. Prepare journal entries to record these transactions and events. (Round amounts to the nearest dollar.)

Analysis Component

  1. What reporting is necessary when a business pledges receivables as security for a loan and the loan is still outstanding at the end of the period? Explain the reason for this requirement and the accounting principle being satisfied.

At December 31, Folgeys Coffee Company reports the following results for its calendar year.

Cash sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \(900,000

Credit sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,000

Its year-end unadjusted trial balance includes the following items.

Accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \)125,000 debit

Allowance for doubtful accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 debit

a. Prepare the adjusting entry to record bad debts expense assuming uncollectibles are estimated to be 3% of credit sales.

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