The accountant of Unjust Inc. presented to you the following details of its subsidiary ledger in relation
Question:
The accountant of Unjust Inc. presented to you the following details of its subsidiary ledger in relation to your audit of the company's accounts receivable balance as of
December 31,2020:
Customer Invoice Date Amount
Cheap Inc. December 20 P 550,000
December 1 1,200,000
October 11 950,000
August 4 420,000
Cruddy Co. November 20 2,000,000
September 4 900,000
August 2 500,000
Grubby Inc. December 10 1,750,000
October 4 600,000
July 5 500,000
Paltry Corp. September 9 2,600,000
July 10 1,250,000
March 5 900,000
Nasty co. December 1 (500,000)
Audit notes:
- The company's term is n/60 days.
- The company's general ledger shows the following balances as of December 31, 2020:
Accounts Receivable P13,650,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts (950,000)
-The credit balance of the receivable resulted from Nasty Co.'s overpayment of its account. The same shall be settled by a delivery of merchandise the following period.
-You have discovered that Grubby Inc.'s payment of an October 4 invoice amounting to P600,000 was posted against Cruddy Co.'s account for an invoice dated December 4, for the same amount.
-Discussions with the credit department manager revealed the following appropriate credit policy:
Accounts receivable Doubtful of collection
Current 2%
1-60 days past due 5%
61-120 days past due 20%
More than 120 days past due 50%
QUESTIONS:
1] How much is the unreconciled difference between the control account and the subsidiary ledger?
2] What is the correct accounts receivable balance as of December 31, 2020?
3] Assuming that there were no other entries affecting the allowance for bad debts, what is the correct bad debt expense for 2020?
4] What is correct amortized cost of the receivables as of December 31, 2020?
Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0134127620
11th edition
Authors: Walter Harrison, Charles Horngren, William Thomas, Wendy Tietz