On its recent financial statements, Hassell Fine Foods reported the following information about net sales revenue and
Question:
On its recent financial statements, Hassell Fine Foods reported the following information about net sales revenue and accounts receivable (amounts in thousands):
According to its Form 10-K, Hassell recorded bad debt expense of $88 and did not reinstate any previously written-off accounts during the current year. (Refer to the summary of the effects of accounting for bad debts on the Accounts Receivable (Gross) and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts T-accounts. Use the T-accounts to solve for the missing values.)
Required:
1. What amount of bad debts was written off during the current year?
2. Based on your answer to requirement (1), solve for cash collected from customers for the current year, assuming that all of Hassell’s sales during the period were on openaccount.
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Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0078025556
8th edition
Authors: Robert Libby, Patricia Libby, Daniel Short