Several months ago, R. James, a trade debtor for $6600, had his account written off as a

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Several months ago, R. James, a trade debtor for $6600, had his account written off as a bad debt. A cheque has just been received in the post from James for $6600 and the assistant accountant made the following journal entry:


                            Cash at Bank                         $6600                   

                                      GST Payable                                        $600

                                      Bad Debts Recovered                        6000


The assistant accountant asserted that there were more complicated ways of handling such a transaction, but his method is simple and direct. Do you agree? Explain why or why not.

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Accounting

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Authors: Lew Edwards, John Medlin, Keryn Chalmers, Andreas Hellmann, Claire Beattie, Jodie Maxfield, John Hoggett

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