Wright Products Company was founded in 2004. Wright offers credit terms (net 30 days) to all of
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Wright Products Company was founded in 2004. Wright offers credit terms (net 30 days) to all of its customers. As Wright has been required to write-off several customer accounts, Wright uses the allowance method to provide for uncollectible receivables. During 2021, Wright provided for uncollectible accounts receivable with a monthly provision of 1.0% of credit sales. However, at year-end, an aging of accounts receivable is prepared and the allowance for uncollectible accounts is adjusted based on an analysis of the aging. At December 31, 2021, the adjusted balance of the allowance for uncollectible accounts was $31,550, and the balance of gross accounts receivable was $272,400.
During 2021, Wright wrote-off $29,300 of customer accounts that were deemed to be uncollectible, due to customers declaring bankruptcy or experiencing financial difficulties so severe that extensive collection efforts were not successful. One customer’s account with a $4,700 balance, which had been written-off in May 2019, was subsequently collected from the customer in April 2021. Wright maintained the same monthly provision of 1.0% of credit sales throughout 2021. Monthly credit sales for 2021 are as follows:
January $78,000
February 81,000
March 74,000
April 93,000
May 90,000
June 71,000
July 62,000
August 56,000
September 65,000
October 90,000
November 87,000
December 83,000
Total cash collections of accounts receivable during 2021 (not including the collection of the previously written-off account) were $893,100.
In preparation for its year-end closing process, Wright’s controller prepared the following aging of accounts receivable as of December 31, 2021, assigning probabilities of collection based on discussions with Wright’s credit manager:
Percentage of
Age of Account Receivable Accounts Receivable Probability of Collection
0-30 days past due 80% 90%
31-60 days past due 10% 85%
61-90 days past due 6% 60%
Greater than 90 days past due 4% 10%
Requirements
a) Prepare an analysis computing the unadjusted balance in the allowance for uncollectible accounts as of 12/31/21.
b) Prepare the year-end adjusting journal entry to record bad debt expense based on the December 31, 2021 aging of accounts receivable.
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