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 $50,000 $532,000

During 2016, credit sales were $1,850,000, cash collections from customers $1,930,000, and $59,000 in accounts receivable were written off. In addition, $5,000 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

15

10

91120 days

15

30

Over 120 days

5

50

2.

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

A) 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.
	B) 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.)