During its first year of operations, Spring Break Travel earned revenue of $700,000 on account. Industry experience

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During its first year of operations, Spring Break Travel earned revenue of $700,000 on account. Industry experience suggests that Spring Break's bad debts will amount to 1 percent of revenues. At December 31, 2013, accounts receivable total $80,000. The company uses the allowance method to account for uncollectibles.
1. Journalize Spring Break Travel's bad-debt expense using the percent-of- sales method.
2. Show how Spring Break should report accounts receivable on its balance sheet at December 31, 2013.
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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Accounting Volume 1

ISBN: 978-0132690096

9th Canadian edition

Authors: Charles T. Horngren, Walter T. Harrison, Jo Ann L. Johnston, Carol A. Meissner, Peter R. Norwood

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