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The accountant of Unjust Inc. presented to you the following details of its subsidiary ledger in relation to your audit of the company's accounts receivable

The  accountant  of  Unjust  Inc. presented  to  you  the following details of its subsidiary ledger in relation to your audit  of  the  company's  accounts  receivable  balance  as  of 

December 31,2020:


Customer                     Invoice Date                           Amount


Cheap Inc.                   December 20                 P   550,000

                                      December 1                        1,200,000

                                      October 11                            950,000

                                      August 4                               420,000


Cruddy Co.                  November 20                     2,000,000

                                     September 4                          900,000

                                     August 2                                 500,000


Grubby Inc.                 December 10                       1,750,000

                                     October 4                              600,000

                                     July 5                                      500,000


Paltry Corp.                September 9                        2,600,000

                                     July 10                                  1,250,000

                                     March 5                                  900,000


Nasty co.                    December 1                          (500,000)


Audit notes:


- The company's term is n/60 days.


- The  company's  general  ledger  shows  the  following balances as of December 31, 2020:

                      Accounts Receivable                           P13,650,000

                      Allowance for doubtful accounts          (950,000)


-The  credit  balance  of  the  receivable  resulted  from Nasty  Co.'s  overpayment  of  its  account.  The  same shall  be  settled  by  a  delivery  of  merchandise  the following period.


-You have discovered that Grubby Inc.'s payment of an October  4  invoice  amounting  to  P600,000  was  posted against  Cruddy  Co.'s  account  for  an  invoice  dated December 4, for the same amount.


-Discussions   with   the   credit   department   manager revealed the following appropriate credit policy:


Accounts receivable           Doubtful of collection

        Current                                       2%

  1-60 days past due                         5%

  61-120 days past due                     20%

  More than 120 days past due       50%


QUESTIONS:


1] How much  is the  unreconciled  difference  between  the control account and the subsidiary ledger?

2] What  is  the  correct  accounts  receivable  balance  as  of December 31, 2020?

3] Assuming  that  there  were  no  other  entries  affecting the  allowance  for  bad  debts,  what  is  the  correct  bad debt expense for 2020?

4] What is correct amortized cost of the receivables as of December 31, 2020?

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