At January 1, 2012, Underwood Imports Inc. reported the following on its statement of financial position: Accounts
Question:
At January 1, 2012, Underwood Imports Inc. reported the following on its statement of financial position:
Accounts receivable...........................................$1,990,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts...........................124,000
During 2012, the company had the following summary transactions for receivables:
1. Sales on account, $5,200,000
2. Sales returns and allowances, $80,000
3. Collections of accounts receivable, $5,400,000
4. Interest added to overdue accounts, $400,000
5. Write-offs of accounts receivable deemed uncollectible, $150,000
6. Recovery of accounts previously written off as uncollectible, $60,000
Instructions
(a) Prepare the journal entries to record each of the summary transactions.
(b) Enter the January 1 balances in Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, post the entries to the two accounts, and determine the balances.
(c) Prepare the journal entry to record bad debts expense at December 31, assuming that the aging of the accounts receivable indicates that the amount for estimated uncollectible accounts is $100,000.
(d) Determine the net realizable value of the accounts receivable as at December 31.
(e) Show the statement of financial position presentation of the receivables as at December31.
(f) Show the income statement presentation of any income statement accounts for the year ended December 31.
Accounts ReceivableAccounts 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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Financial Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making
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Authors: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso, Barbara Trenholm, Wayne Irvine