Gulig and Durham, a law firm, started 2020 with accounts receivable of ($ 60.000) and an allowance
Question:
Gulig and Durham, a law firm, started 2020 with accounts receivable of \(\$ 60.000\) and an allowance for uncollectible accounts of \(\$ 5,000\). The 2020 service revenue on account was \(\$+00,000\), and cash coilections on account totalled \(\$ 410,000\). During 2020, Gulig and Durham wrote off uncollectible accounts receivable of \(\$ 7,000\). At December 31, 2020, the aging-of-receivables method indicated that Gulig and Durham will not collect \(\$ 10,000\) of its accounts receivable.
Journalize Gulig and Durham's
(a) service revenue,
(b) cash collections on account,
(c) write-offs of uncollectible receivables, and
(d) bad debt expense for the year. Explanations are not required. Prepare a T-account for Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts to show your computation of bad debt expense for the year.
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Financial Accounting
ISBN: 9780135433065
7th Canadian Edition
Authors: Walter Harrison, Wendy Tietz, C. Thomas, Greg Berberich, Catherine Seguin