Question: Chipman software recently reported the following amounts in its unadjusted trial balance at its year-end: Debits Credits Accounts Receivable $ 3,000 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Chipman software recently reported the following amounts in its unadjusted trial balance at its year-end:

Debits Credits
Accounts Receivable $ 3,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $ 20
Sales (assume all on credit) 44,000

Required:

1&2.

Prepare the adjusting journal entry required for the year. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.)

(i) Assume Chipman uses 1/4 of 1 percent of sales to estimate its Bad Debt Expense for the year.
(ii) Assume instead that Chipman uses the aging of accounts receivable method and estimates that $80 of its Accounts Receivable will be uncollectible.

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