Philly, Inc., began business on January 1. Certain transactions for the year follow: June 8 Received a

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Philly, Inc., began business on January 1. Certain transactions for the year follow:

June 8 Received a \(\$ 15,000,60\) day, nine percent note on account from J. Albert.

Aug. 7 Received payment from J. Albert on his note (principal plus interest).

Sept. 1 Received a \(\$ 40,000,120\) day, six percent note from R.T. Matthews Company on account.

Dec. 16 Received a \(\$ 28,800,45\) day, ten percent note from D. LeRoy on account.

30 R.T. Matthews Company failed to pay its note.

31 Wrote off R.T. Matthews' account as uncollectible. Philly's, Inc., uses the allowance method of providing for credit losses.

31 Recorded expected credit losses for the year by an adjusting entry. Accounts written off during this first year have created a debit balance in the allowance for doubtful accounts of \(\$ 45,200\). An analysis of aged receivables indicates that the desired balance of the allowance account should be \(\$ 42,000\).

31 Made the appropriate adjusting entries for interest.

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Record the foregoing transactions and adjustments in general journal form.

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