Huang Co. uses (8 %) of the accounts receivable balance to determine its bad debts expense for
Question:
Huang Co. uses \(8 \%\) of the accounts receivable balance to determine its bad debts expense for the period. At the beginning of the current period, Huang had an Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of \(\$ 9,000\) (credit). During the period, it had net sales of \(\$ 800,000\) and wrote off as uncollectible accounts receivable of \(\$ 7,000\). However, one of the accounts written off as uncollectible in the amount of \(\$ 4,000\) was recovered before the end of the current period. At the end of the period it had a balance in its accounts receivable account of \(\$ 250,000\).
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(a) Prepare the entry to record bad debts expense for the current period.
(b) Prepare the entry to record the write-off of uncollectible accounts during the current period.
(c) Prepare the entries to record the recovery of the uncollectible account during the current period.
(d) Determine the ending balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.
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