During 2014, DeLuca Company had net sales of $5,700,000. Most of the sales were on credit. At

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During 2014, DeLuca Company had net sales of $5,700,000. Most of the sales were on credit. At the end of 2014, the balance of Accounts Receivable was $700,000 and Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts had a debit balance of $24,000. DeLuca’s management uses two methods of estimating uncollectible accounts expense: the percentage of net sales method and the accounts receivable aging method. The percentage of uncollectible sales is 1.5 percent of net sales, and based on an aging of accounts receivable, the end-of-year uncollectible accounts total $70,000.

Prepare the year-end adjusting entry to record the uncollectible accounts expense under each method. What will the balance of Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts be after each adjustment? Why are the results different? Which method is likely to be more reliable? Why?

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...