At the end of 2013, Malzahn Inc. had a debit balance of $141,120 in its accounts receivable.

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At the end of 2013, Malzahn Inc. had a debit balance of $141,120 in its accounts receivable. Additionally, Malzahn had a credit balance in its allowance for doubtful accounts of $4,350 and $9,420 at the beginning and end of the year, respectively. During the year, Malzahn made credit sales of $1,530,000, collected receivables in the amount of $1,445,700, and recorded bad debt expense of $83,750.
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Next Level Compute the amount of accounts receivable that Malzahn wrote-off during the year and the amount of accounts receivable at the beginning of the year.
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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Intermediate Accounting Reporting and Analysis

ISBN: 978-1111822361

1st edition

Authors: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach

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