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May 1 Paid Web Design Inc. $8,500 to develop the fan websites. The fan websites were operational on May 10. Front Row charged this expenditure to other expense.
May 10 Front Row Entertainment sold $550 worth of advertising to Little John’s Restaurant with terms 2/10, n/30. The advertising will randomly appear on the artists’ websites throughout the month of May.
May 15 Front Row Entertainment sold $475 worth of advertising to Sherwood Media with terms 2/10, n/30. The advertising related to an in-store DVD promotion that Sherwood was holding later in the month.
May 19 Front Row Entertainment received payment from Little John for the May 8 bill.
May 20 Sherwood Media informed Front Row that an error had been made on its advertisement.
Sherwood’s promotion was supposed to run from May 20 to May 25; however, the advertisement stated that the promotion would run from May 15 to May 25. Because the error was Front Row’s fault, Front Row agreed to reduce the amount owed by $150.
June 1 Front Row Entertainment sold $750 worth of advertising to Big House Entertainment Company with terms 2/10, n/30. The advertising will randomly appear on the artists’ websites throughout the month of June.
June 10 Sherwood paid Front Row the amount owed for the May 15 bill less the allowance granted on May 20.
June 20 When Front Row learns that Big House Entertainment has filed for bankruptcy, it writes off the $750 receivable.
Over the next few months, the fan communities continue to grow in popularity, with more and more companies purchasing advertising space. By the end of 2011, Front Row reports the following balances:
Accounts receivable ................ $17,900
Allowance for doubtful accounts .......... 250 (debit)
Credit sales .................. 45,000
Required:
1. Prepare journal entries for the May and June transactions.
2. Prepare the adjusting entry required at December 31, 2011, with regard to bad debt under each of the following independent assumptions.
a. Assume that Front Row performed an aging of its accounts receivable. Front Row estimates that $895 of its accounts receivable will be uncollectible.
b. Assume that Front Row uses the percentage of credit sales method and estimates that 2% of credit sales will be uncollectible. 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...
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Cornerstones of Financial and Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 978-1111879044
2nd edition
Authors: Rich, Jeff Jones, Dan Heitger, Maryanne Mowen, Don Hansen
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