Question: Presented below is an aging schedule for Yellowbird, Inc.. Customer Total Number of Days Past Due Not Yet Due 130 3160 6190 Over 90 Aneesh
| Presented below is an aging schedule for Yellowbird, Inc.. | |||||||||
| Customer | Total | Number of Days Past Due | |||||||
| Not Yet Due | 130 | 3160 | 6190 | Over 90 | |||||
| Aneesh | $25,300 | $ 9,300 | $14,400 | ||||||
| Bird | $28,400 | $ 32,300 | |||||||
| Cope | $50,800 | $5,000 | $4,800 | $37,300 | |||||
| DeSpears | $38,000 | $41,600 | |||||||
| Others | $119,500 | $71,000 | $34,100 | $12,600 | |||||
| $262,000 | $108,300 | $48,200 | $27,000 | $37,300 | $41,600 | ||||
| Estimated percentage uncollectible | 3% | 7% | 11% | 24% | 63% | ||||
| Total estimated bad debts | $ 41,833 | $ 3,249 | $3,374 | $2,970 | $ 8,952 | $26,208 | |||
| At December 31, 2016, the unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a credit of $7,700. | |||||||||
| a) | Journalize the adjusting entry for bad debts at December 31, 2016. | ||||||||
| Date | Account Titles | Debit | Credit | ||||||
| b) | Journalize the following 2017 transactions: | ||||||||
| 1. | March 1, a $620 customer balance originating in 2016 is judged uncollectible. | ||||||||
| 2. | May 1, a check for $620 is received from the customer whose account was written off as uncollectible on March 1. | ||||||||
| 3. | Journalize the adjusting entry for bad debts at December 31, 2017, assuming that the unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a debit of $1,300 and the aging schedule indicates that total estimated bad debts will be $33,000. | ||||||||
| Date | Account Titles | Debit | Credit | ||||||
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