Austin, Inc., began business on January 1. Several transactions for the year follow: May 2 Received a
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Austin, Inc., began business on January 1.
Several transactions for the year follow:
May 2 Received a \(\$ 30,000,60\) day, ten percent note on account from the Haskins Company.
July 1 Received payment from Haskins for its note plus interest.
1 Received a \(\$ 61,000,120\) day, nine percent note from R. Longo Company on account.
Oct. 29 R. Longo failed to pay its note.
Dec. 9 Wrote off R. Longo's account as uncollectible. Austin, Inc., uses the allowance method of providing for credit losses.
11 Received a \(\$ 42,000,90\) day, 12 percent note from R. Canal on account.
31 Recorded expected credit losses for the year by an adjusting entry. Accounts written off during this first year have created a debit balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of \(\$ 61,000\). An analysis of aged accounts receivables indicates that the desired balance of the allowance account should be \(\$ 13,200\).
31 Made the appropriate adjusting entries for interest.
Required
Record the foregoing transactions and adjustments in general journal form.
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