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Raintree Cosmetic Company sells its products to customers on a credit basis. An adjusting entry for bad debt expense is recorded only at December 31, the companys fiscal year-end. The 2023 balance sheet disclosed the following:
Current assets:
Receivables, net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of $41,000 $ 487,000
During 2024, credit sales were $1,805,000, cash collections from customers $1,885,000, and $50,000in accounts receivable were written off. In addition, $4,100 was collected from a customer whose account was written off in2023.An aging of accounts receivable at December 31,2024, reveals the following:
Age Group Percentage of Year-End Receivables in Group Percent Uncollectible
0-60 days 65%4%
61-90 days 1510
91-120 days 1530
Over 120 days 550
Required:
Prepare summary journal entries to account for the 2024 write-offs and the collection of the receivable previously written off.
Prepare the year-end adjusting entry for bad debts according to each of the following situations:
Bad debt expense is estimated tobe3%of credit sales for the year.
Bad debt expense is estimated by adjusting the allowance for uncollectible accounts to the balance that reduces the carrying value of accounts receivable to the amount of cash expected tobe collected. The allowance for uncollectible accounts is estimated tobe10%of the year-end balance in accounts receivable.
Bad debt expense is estimated by adjusting the allowance for uncollectible accounts to the balance that reduces the carrying value of accounts receivable to the amount of cash expected tobe collected. The allowance for uncollectible accounts is determined byan aging of accounts receivable.
For situations (a)-(c)in requirement 2 above, what would be the net amount of accounts receivable reported in the 2024 balance sheet?

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