Selzer Products Co. began operations on January 1, 2020, and completed a number of transactions during 2020

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Selzer Products Co. began operations on January 1, 2020, and completed a number of transactions during 2020 and 2021 that involved credit sales, accounts receivable collections, and bad debts. Assume a perpetual inventory system. These transactions are summarized as follows:

2020

a. Sold merchandise on credit for $1,640,000, terms n/30 (COGS = $1,070,000).

b. Received cash of $1,175,000 in payment of outstanding accounts receivable.

c. Wrote off uncollectible accounts receivable in the amount of $7,500.

d. In adjusting the accounts on December 31, concluded that 1% of the outstanding accounts receivable would become uncollectible.

2021

e. Sold merchandise on credit for $1,876,000, terms n/30 (COGS = $1,224,000).

f. Received cash of $1,444,000 in payment of outstanding accounts receivable.

g. Wrote off uncollectible accounts receivable in the amount of $8,600.

h. In adjusting the accounts on December 31, concluded that 1% of the outstanding accounts receivable would become uncollectible.


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Prepare general journal entries to record Selzer’s 2020 and 2021 summarized transactions and the adjusting entries to record bad debt expense at the end of each year.

Accounts Receivable
Accounts 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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Fundamental Accounting Principles Volume I

ISBN: 978-1260305821

16th Canadian edition

Authors: Kermit Larson, Tilly Jensen, Heidi Dieckmann

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