Prepare journal entries related to bad debt expense, and compute ratios.

(LO 2, 3, 8), AP

At December 31, 2013, Dustin Company reported this information on its balance sheet.

Accounts receivable	$960,000
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts	78,000

During 2014, the company had the following transactions related to receivables.

1. Sales on account	$3,600,000
2. Sales returns and allowances	150,000
3. Collections of accounts receivable	3,100,000
4. Write-offs of accounts receivable deemed uncollectible	92,000
5. Recovery of bad debts previously written off as uncollectible	28,000

Instructions

1.	Prepare the journal entries to record each of these five transactions. Assume that no cash discounts were taken on the collections of accounts receivable. (Omit cost of goods sold entries.)

2.

Enter the January 1, 2014, balances in Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, post the entries to the two accounts (use T-accounts), and determine the balances.

A/R bal.

$1,218,000

3.	Prepare the journal entry to record bad debt expense for 2014, assuming that aging the accounts receivable indicates that expected bad debts are $140,000.

4.	Compute the accounts receivable turnover and average collection period.