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?Providing for Doubtful Accounts At the end of the current year, the accounts receivable account has a debit balance of $ 1 , 2 4

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?Providing for Doubtful Accounts
At the end of the current year, the accounts receivable account has a debit balance of $1,243,000 ?and sales for the year total $14,100,000.
a. ?The allowance account before adjustment has a debit balance of $16,800. ?Bad debt expense is estimated at 12 ?of 1% ?of sales.
b. ?The allowance account before adjustment has a debit balance of $16,800. ?An aging of the accounts in the customer ledger indicates estimated doubtful
accounts of $53,800.
c. ?The allowance account before adjustment has a credit balance of $6,700. ?Bad debt expense is estimated at 34 ?of 1% ?of sales.
d. ?The allowance account before adjustment has a credit balance of $6,700. ?An aging of the accounts in the customer ledger indicates estimated doubtful
accounts of $55,600.
Determine the amount of the adjusting entry to provide for doubtful accounts under each of the assumptions (a through d) ?listed above.
a.,
b.,
C.
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