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 2020 balance sheet disclosed the following:

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

During 2021, 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 2020. An aging of accounts receivable at December 31, 2021, reveals the following:

Age Group		Percentage of Year-End Receivables in Group		Percent 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 2021 write-offs and the collection of the receivable previously written off.

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

   1. Bad debt expense is estimated to be 3% of credit sales for the year.

   2. Bad debt expense is estimated by adjusting the allowance for uncollectible accounts to the balance that reduces the carrying value of accounts receivable to the amount of cash expected to be collected. The allowance for uncollectible accounts is estimated to be 10% of the year-end balance in accounts receivable.

   3. Bad debt expense is estimated by adjusting the allowance for uncollectible accounts to the balance that reduces the carrying value of accounts receivable to the amount of cash expected to be collected. The allowance for uncollectible accounts is determined by an aging of accounts receivable.

3. For situations (a)(c) in requirement 2 above, what would be the net amount of accounts receivable reported in the 2021 balance sheet?

E31 X 1750000 A D Bad debt expense Allowance for uncollectible accounts E 52,500 52,500 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Requirement 2(b): Accounts receivable analysis: Beginning balance Add: Credit sales Less: Write-offs Less: Cash collections Ending balance 462,000 1,750,000 35,000 3,000 $ 2,174,000 Required allowance for uncollectible accounts 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Allowance for uncollectible accounts analysis. Beginning balance Add: Collection of receivable previously written off Less: Write-offs Balance before adjustments Required allowance (determined above) Bad debt expense adjustment Account Debit Credit P07-04 Ready Type here to search