While preparing its final accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2015 a company made a provision

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While preparing its final accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2015 a company made a provision for bad debts @ 4% of its total debtors (as per trend follows from the previous years). In the first week of March 2015, a debtor for ₹ 3,00,000 had suffered heavy loss due to an earthquake; the loss was not covered by any insurance policy. In April 2015 the debtor became a bankrupt. Can the company provide for the full loss arising out of insolvency of the debtor in the final accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2015?

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