Karen Broderick commenced business on 1 July 2018. On 30 June 2019, she found that she had
Question:
Karen Broderick commenced business on 1 July 2018. On 30 June 2019, she found that she had written off debts amounting to $1875. In addition, she found it necessary to create an allowance for doubtful debts of $3030. During the year to 30 June 2020, debts totalling $2400 proved to be bad and were written off, and $330 was recovered in respect of bad debts previously written off. The total of debtors’ balances at 30 June 2020 was $84 300 (after the bad debts had been written off) and it was decided to increase the allowance for doubtful debts to 5% of this figure. Ignore GST.
Required
(a) Prepare general journal entries to record all the above transactions.
(b) Prepare the Bad Debts Expense account and the Allowance for Doubtful Debts account for 2019 and 2020.
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Financial Accounting
ISBN: 9780730363217
10th Edition
Authors: John Hoggett, John Medlin, Keryn Chalmers, Claire Beattie, Andreas Hellmann, Jodie Maxfield