Edds Shoe Repair had the following balances at December 31, Year 1: Cash of $22,000, Accounts Receivable

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Edd’s Shoe Repair had the following balances at December 31, Year 1: Cash of $22,000, Accounts Receivable of $76,000, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $3,200, and Retained Earnings of $94,800. During Year 2, $2,900 of accounts receivable were written off as uncollectible. In addition, Edd’s Shoe Repair unexpectedly collected $200 of receivables that had been written off in a previous accounting period. Sales on account during Year 2 were $210,000, and cash collections from receivables were $215,000. Uncollectible accounts expense was estimated to be 1 percent of the sales on account for the period.


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a. Organize the information in accounts under an accounting equation.
b. Based on the preceding information, compute (after year-end adjustment):
(1) Balance of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at December 31, Year 2.
(2) Balance of Accounts Receivable at December 31, Year 2.
(3) Net realizable value of Accounts Receivable at December 31, Year 2.
c. What amount of uncollectible accounts expense will Edd’s Shoe Repair report for Year 2?
d. Explain how the $200 recovery of receivables affected the accounting equation.

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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Introductory Financial Accounting for Business

ISBN: 978-1260299441

1st edition

Authors: Thomas Edmonds, Christopher Edmonds

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