Exercise 9-5 Writing off receivables LO P2

On January 1, Wei company begins the accounting period with a $46,000 credit balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.

1. On February 1, the company determined that $10,000 in customer accounts was uncollectible; specifically, $2,500 for Oakley Co. and $7,500 for Brookes Co. Prepare the journal entry to write off those two accounts.
2. On June 5, the company unexpectedly received a $2,500 payment on a customer account, Oakley Company, that had previously been written off in part a. Prepare the entries to reinstate the account and record the cash received.