Question: Chipman Sofware recently reported the following amounts in its unadjusted trial balance at its year-end: Debits Credits Accounts Receivable $ 2,000 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Chipman Sofware recently reported the following amounts in its unadjusted trial balance at its year-end:
| Debits | Credits | ||||||
| Accounts Receivable | $ | 2,000 | |||||
| Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | $ | 29 | |||||
| Sales (assume all on credit) | 34,000 | ||||||
Required:
- Prepare the adjusting journal entry required for the year. Assume Chipman uses 1/2 of 1 percent of sales to estimate its Bad Debt Expense for the year.
- Prepare the adjusting journal entry required for the year. Assume instead that Chipman uses the aging of accounts receivable method and estimates that $70 of its Accounts Receivable will be uncollectible.
- Assume instead that Chipman uses the aging of accounts receivable method and estimates that $70 of its Accounts Receivable will be uncollectible. Prepare the year-end adjusting journal entry for recording Bad Debt Expense. Assume Chipman's year-end unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts was a debit balance of $31.
- If one of Chipman's main customers declared bankruptcy after year-end, what journal entry would be used to write off its $10 balance?
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