Great Outdoors Ltd sells outdoor furniture settings on credit. The accounting records at 30 June 2015 reveal the following. Ignore GST.

Credit sales (for year) Credit sales returns and allowances (for year) Accounts receivable (balance 30 June 2015) Allowance for doubtful debts (credit balance 30 June 2015)

$1 070 000 90 000 326 500 1 500

In the past, the company’s yearly bad debts expense had been estimated at 2% of net credit sales revenue. It was decided to compare the current method with an ageing of the accounts receivable method. The following analysis was obtained with respect to the accounts receivable:

	Balance		% estimated uncollectable
Accounts not yet due Accounts overdue: 10–30 days 31–60 days 61–120 days 121 days and over	$175 600 61 000 44 000 25 400   20 500		2 10 25 40
	$326 500

Required

A.         Prepare the journal entries to adjust the Allowance for Doubtful Debts at 30 June 2015 under:

            1.   the net credit sales method

            2.   the ageing of accounts receivable method.

B.         Determine the balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Debts account under both methods.

C.        Assume that the allowance account had a debit balance of $850 at 30 June 2015. Show  the journal entries to record the allowance for doubtful debts at 30 June 2015 under:

            1.   the net credit sales method

            2.   the ageing of accounts receivable method.

D.        Using the journal entries from requirement C, determine the balance in the allowance account under both methods.

E.         Explain, with reference to requirements B and D, why the two different methods result in different balances.