At December 31, 2021, Suisse Imports reported this information on its balance sheet. 

Accounts receivable........................$600,000 

Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts........37,000 

During 2022, the company had the following transactions related to receivables. 

1. Sales on account..............$2,500,000 

2. Sales returns and allowances........50,000 

3. Collections of accounts receivable.........2,200,000 

4. Write-off s of accounts receivable deemed uncollectible..............41,000 

5. Recovery of bad debts previously written off as uncollectible..............15,000 

Instructions 

a. Prepare the journal entries to record each of these five transactions. Assume that no cash discounts were taken on the collections of accounts receivable. (Omit cost of goods sold entries.) 

b. Enter the January 1, 2022, balances in Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, post the entries to the two accounts (use T-accounts), and determine the balances. 

c. Prepare the journal entry to record bad debt expense for 2022, assuming that aging the accounts receivable indicates that estimated bad debts are $46,000. 

d. Compute the accounts receivable turnover and average collection period.