P8-38B Accounting for uncollectible accounts (aging-of-receivables method),
notes receivable, and accrued interest revenue
Relax Recliner Chairs completed the following selected transactions:
2018
Jul. 1 Sold merchandise inventory to Go-Mart, receiving a \(43,000, nine-month,
16% note. Ignore Cost of Goods Sold.
Oct. 31 Recorded cash sales for the period of \)23,000. Ignore Cost of Goods Sold.
Dec. 31 Made an adjusting entry to accrue interest on the Go-Mart note.
31 Made an adjusting entry to record bad debts expense based on an aging
of accounts receivable. The aging schedule shows that \(14,900 of accounts
receivable will not be collected. Prior to this adjustment, the credit balance
in Allowance for Bad Debts is \)10,700.
2019
Apr. 1 Collected the maturity value of the Go-Mart note.
Jun. 23 Sold merchandise inventory to Allure, Corp., receiving a 60-day, 6% note for
\(7,000. Ignore Cost of Goods Sold.
Aug. 22 Allure, Corp. dishonored its note at maturity; the business converted the
maturity value of the note to an account receivable.
Nov. 16 Loaned \)20,000 cash to Tench, Inc., receiving a 90-day, 8% note.
Dec. 5 Collected in full on account from Allure, Corp.
31 Accrued the interest on the Tench, Inc. note.
Record the transactions in the journal of Relax Recliner Chairs. Explanations are not
required. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
