Raintree Cosmetic Company sells its products to customers on a credit basis. An adjusting entry for bad debt expense is recorded only at December 31, the companys fiscal year-end. The 2015 balance sheet disclosed the following:

Current assets:

Receivables, net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of $30,000 $432,000

During 2016, credit sales were $1,750,000, cash collections from customers $1,830,000, and $35,000 in accounts receivable were written off. In addition, $3,000 was collected from a customer whose account was written off in 2015. An aging of accounts receivable at December 31, 2016, reveals the following:

	Percentage of Year-End		Percent
Age Group	Receivables in Group		Uncollectible
060 days	65	%	4%
6190 days	20		15
91120 days	10		25
Over 120 days	5		40

Required:

1.	Prepare summary journal entries to account for the 2016 write-offs and the collection of the receivable previously written off. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)
	I think I have number 1 correct. Allowance for uncollectable accounts 35000 Accounts Receivable 35000 Accounts Receivable 3000 Allowance for uncollectable accounts 3000 Cash 3000 Accounts Receivable 3000

2.	Prepare the year-end adjusting entry for bad debts according to each of the following situations:

a.	Bad debt expense is estimated to be 3% of credit sales for the year.
b.	Bad debt expense is estimated by computing net realizable value of the receivables. The allowance for uncollectible accounts is estimated to be 10% of the year-end balance in accounts receivable.
c.	Bad debt expense is estimated by computing net realizable value of the receivables. The allowance for uncollectible accounts is determined by an aging of accounts receivable.
	(If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

3.	For situations (a)(c) in requirement 2 above, what would be the net amount of accounts receivable reported in the 2016 balance sheet?