balance of account receivables at Dec 31 2020

The bookkeeper of the Pragma Corp. has asked you to assist him with the preparation of information about the company's accounts receivable for presentation in the financial statements at December 31, 2020, the end of the company's fiscal year. The following details were extracted from the company's files. Debit Credit Accounts Receivable, January 1, 2020 $250,000 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, January 1, 2020 $17,500 Total sales for 2020 are $650,000, of which $150,000 were cash sales and the remainder on account. During 2020, the company collected $400,000 in cash from customers that purchased merchandise on account, and a total of $20,000 of accounts receivable was written off. Pragma uses the aging of accounts receivable method to estimate the net amount of accounts receivable at year end. Assume that Pragma treats all of its accounts receivables as having the same age and it estimates that 6% of the ending balance of its accounts receivable may not be collected in the future. The journal entry to record the write off of accounts receivable during the year 2020 should include Select one: O a. A credit to Accounts Receivable for $21,000. O b. A debit to Accounts Receivable for $20,000. c. A credit to Accounts Receivable for $20,000. O d. A Debit to Allowance for Doubtful Accounts for $19,800. Assume that the balance of Accounts Receivable at December 31, 2020, is $400,000 regardless of your answer to question 11. The journal entry to record bad debt expense for the year 2020 should include Select one: a. A credit to Accounts Receivable for $26,500. b. A credit to Allowance for Doubtful Accounts for $24,000. O c. A debit to Bad Debt Expense for $21,500. d. A debit to Bad Debt Expense for $26,500. e. A debit to Bad Debt Expense for $20,000