Chapter 8: Q20RQ (page 465)
What is the formula to compute interest on a note receivable?
Interest is computed by multiplying notes receivable value with interest rate and time period.
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Accounting for uncollectible accounts using the allowance method
This problem continues the Canyon Canoe Company situation from Chapter 7.
Canyon Canoe Company has experienced rapid growth in its first few months of operations and has had a significant increase in customers renting canoes and purchasing T-shirts. Many of these customers are asking for credit terms. Amber and Zack Wilson, stockholders and company managers, have decided it is time to review their business transactions and update some of their business practices. Their first step is to make decisions about handling accounts receivable.
So far, year-to-date credit sales have been \(15,500. A review of outstanding
receivables resulted in the following aging schedule:
Age of Accounts as of June 30, 2019 | |||||
Customer name | 1-30 days | 31-60 days | 61-90 days | Over 90 days | Total balance |
Canyon | \)250 | \(250 | |||
Crazy trees | \)200 | \(150 | \)350 | ||
Early start Daycare | \(500 | ||||
Lakefront Pavilion | \)575 | \(500 | \)575 | ||
Outdoor Center | \(300 | \)300 | |||
Rivers Canoe Club | \(350 | \)350 | |||
Sport Shirts | \(450 | \)120 | \(570 | ||
Zack’s Marina | \)75 | \(75 | \)225 | ||
Totals | \(1,900 | \)345 | \(375 | \)500 | $3,120 |
Requirements
1. The company wants to use the allowance method to estimate bad debts. Determine the estimated bad debts expense under the following methods at June 30, 2019. Assume a zero-beginning balance for Allowance for Bad Debts. Round to the nearest dollar.
a. Percent-of-sales method, assuming 4.5% of credit sales will not be collected.
b. Percent-of-receivables method, assuming 22.5% of receivables will not be
collected.
c. Aging-of-receivables method, assuming 5% of invoices 1–30 days will not be
collected, 20% of invoices 31–60 days, 40% of invoices 61–90 days, and 75% of
invoices over 90 days.
2. Journalize the entry at June 30, 2019, to adjust for bad debts expense using the percent-of-sales method.
3. Journalize the entry at June 30, 2019, to record the write-off of the Early Start Daycare invoice.
4. At June 30, 2019, open T-accounts for Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Bad Debts before Requirements 2 and 3. Post entries from Requirements 2 and 3 to those accounts. Assume a zero beginning balance for Allowance for Bad Debts.
5. Show how Canyon Canoe Company will report net accounts receivable on the balance sheet on June 30, 2019.
What do the days’ sales in receivables indicate, and how is it calculated?
Professional Steam Cleaning performs services on account. When a customer account becomes four months old, Professional converts the account to a note receivable. During 2018, the company completed the following transactions:
2018 | |
Apr.28 | Performed service on account for Parkview Club, \(18,000. |
Sep. 1 | Received an \)18,000, 60-day, 12% note from Parkview Club in satisfaction of its past-due account receivable. |
Oct. 31 | Collected the Parkview Club note at maturity |
Record the transactions in Professional’s journal. Round to the nearest dollar.
Applying the allowance method to account for uncollectibles
The Accounts Receivable balance and Allowance for Bad Debts for Signature Lamp
Company at December 31, 2017, was \(10,800 and \)2,000 (credit balance), respectively.
During 2018, Signature Lamp Company completed the following transactions:
a. Sales revenue on account, \(273,400 (ignore Cost of Goods Sold).
b. Collections on account, \)223,000.
c. Write-offs of uncollectibles, \(5,900.
d. Bad debts expense of \)5,200 was recorded
Requirements
1. Journalize Signature Lamp Company’s transactions for 2018 assuming Signature Lamp Company uses the allowance method.
2. Post the transactions to the Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Bad Debts, and Bad Debts Expense T-accounts, and determine the ending balance of each account.
3. Show how accounts receivable would be reported on the balance sheet at December 31, 2018.
In accounting for bad debts, how do the income statement approach and the balance sheet approach differ?
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