The trial balance of M&D Inc. shows a $50,000 outstanding balance in accounts receivable at the end

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The trial balance of M&D Inc. shows a $50,000 outstanding balance in accounts receivable at the end of the first year of operations, December 31, 2011. During the fiscal year, 75% of the total credit sales were collected and no accounts were written off as uncollectible. The company estimated that 1.5% of the credit sales would be uncollectible. During the following year, 2012, the account of J. Morgan, who owed $500, was judged uncollectible and was written off. At the end of the year, on December 31, 2012, the amount previously written off was collected in full from J. Morgan.
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a. Prepare the necessary journal entries for recording all the preceding transactions in the accounting system of M&D Inc.
b. Show the accounts receivable section of the balance sheet at December 31, 2011. Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivables are debts owed to your company, usually from sales on credit. Accounts receivable is business asset, the sum of the money owed to you by customers who haven’t paid.The standard procedure in business-to-business sales is that...
Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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Financial Accounting A User Perspective

ISBN: 978-0470676608

6th Canadian Edition

Authors: Robert E Hoskin, Maureen R Fizzell, Donald C Cherry

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