On July 31, 2015, the Accounts Receivable balance of Questor Application, Inc. is $320,000. The Allowance for
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On July 31, 2015, the Accounts Receivable balance of Questor Application, Inc. is $320,000. The Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a $6,400 credit balance. Questor prepares the following aging schedule for its accounts receivable:
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1. Journalize the year-end adjusting entry for uncollectible accounts on the basis of the aging schedule. Calculate the resulting ending balance of the allowance account based on the account aging. Show the T-account for the allowance on July 31, 2015.
2. Assume that instead of a $6,400 credit balance, there is a $500 debit balance in the allowance account prior to adjustment. Journalize the year-end adjusting entry for uncollectible accounts on the basis of the aging schedule. Calculate the resulting ending balance of the allowance account based on the account aging. Show the T-account for the allowance on July 31, 2015.
Aging schedule is an accounting table that shows a company’s account receivables. It is an summarized presentation of accounts receivable into a separate time brackets that the rank received based upon the days due or the days past due. Generally...
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Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0133375534
2nd Canadian edition
Authors: Jeffrey Waybright, Robert Kemp, Sherif Elbarrad