On December 31, 2016, before adjusting entries, the balances of selected accounts of the Bayfront Equipment Company

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On December 31, 2016, before adjusting entries, the balances of selected accounts of the Bayfront Equipment Company were as follows:
Accounts Receivable .................................................... 930,000
Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts (debit balance) ............ 3,000 dr.
The company has determined that historically about 3.4 percent of accounts receivable are never collected and uses this basis to determine its bad debts provision. Give the journal entry to record the company's estimated loss from uncollectible accounts on December 31?
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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College Accounting Chapters 1-30

ISBN: 978-0077862398

14th edition

Authors: John Price, M. David Haddock, Michael Farina

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