On April 30, Hilltop Party Planners had a $33,000 balance in Accounts Receivable and a $4,000 credit

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On April 30, Hilltop Party Planners had a $33,000 balance in Accounts Receivable and a $4,000 credit balance in Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts. During May, the store made credit sales of $156,000. May collections on account were $132,000, and write-offs of uncollectible receivables totaled $2,300. Uncollectible-account expense is estimated as 2% of revenue.

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1. Journalize sales, collections, write-offs of uncollectibles, and uncollectible-account expense by the allowance method during May. Explanations are not required.
2. Show the ending balances in Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts, and Net Accounts Receivable at May 31. How much does the store expect to collect?
3. Show how the store will report Accounts Receivable on its May 31 balance sheet.

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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Financial accounting

ISBN: 978-0136108863

8th Edition

Authors: Walter T. Harrison, Charles T. Horngren, William Bill Thomas

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