Recording Bad Debts At the end of 2010 Sorter Company has accounts receivable of $900,000 and an
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Recording Bad Debts At the end of 2010 Sorter Company has accounts receivable of $900,000 and an allowance for doubtful accounts of $40,000. On January 16, 2011, Sorter Company determined that its receivable from Ordonez Company of $8,000 will not be collected, and management authorized its write-off.
(a) Prepare the journal entry for Sorter Company to write off the Ordonez receivable.
(b) What is the net realizable value of Sorter Company’s accounts receivable before the write-off of the Ordonez receivable?
(c) What is the net realizable value of Sorter Company’s accounts receivable after the write-off of the Ordonez receivable?
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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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0470423684
13th Edition
Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, And Terry D. Warfield
