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Hello, Please review 1 #2, I think requisition #1 is correct but the #2 . Please correct and explain. During Burns Company's first year of

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Please review 1 #2, I think requisition #1 is correct but the #2 . Please correct and explain.

During Burns Company's first year of operations, credit sales totaled $170,000 and collections on credit sales totaled $120,000. Burns estimates that bad debt losses will be 1.5% of credit sales. By year-end, Burns had written off $450 of specific accounts as uncollectible. Required: 1. Prepare all appropriate journal entries relative to uncollectible accounts and bad debt expense. 2. Show the year-end balance sheet presentation for accounts receivable.

Journal entry worksheet

  • Record the entry to write-off specific accounts.

Note: Enter debits before credits.

Transaction General Journal Debit Credit
1 Bad debt expense 2,550
Allowance for uncollectible accounts 2,550
Allowance for uncollectible accounts 450
Accounts receivable 450

Journal entry worksheet

  • Record the bad debt expense.

Note: Enter debits before credits.

Transaction General Journal Debit Credit
2 Accounts receivable 50,000
Allowance for uncollectible accounts (2,100)
Accounts receivable 47,450

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