The ledger of Costello Company at the end of the current year shows Accounts Receivable $110,000, Sales

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The ledger of Costello Company at the end of the current year shows Accounts Receivable $110,000, Sales Revenue $840,000, and Sales Returns and Allowances $20,000.

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(a) If Costello uses the direct write-off method to account for uncollectible accounts, journalize the adjusting entry at December 31, assuming Costello determines that L. Dole’s $1,400 balance is uncollectible.
(b) If Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of $2,100 in the trial balance, journalize the adjusting entry at December 31, assuming bad debts are expected to be
(1) 1% of net sales,
(2) 10% of accounts receivable.
(c)
If Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a debit balance of $200 in the trial balance, journalize the adjusting entry at December 31, assuming bad debts are expected to be
(1) 0.75% of net sales
(2) 6% of accounts receivable.

Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivables are debts owed to your company, usually from sales on credit. Accounts receivable is business asset, the sum of the money owed to you by customers who haven’t paid.The standard procedure in business-to-business sales is that...
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Accounting Principles

ISBN: 9781118566671

11th Edition

Authors: Jerry Weygandt, Paul Kimmel, Donald Kieso

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