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The balance sheet of the SPLASH ISLAND COMPANY as of December 31, 2017 includes the following account balances: Accounts Receivable P800,000 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts(credit)

The balance sheet of the SPLASH ISLAND COMPANY as of December 31, 2017 includes the following account balances:

Accounts Receivable

P800,000

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts(credit)

56,000

Sales and related data from 2018-20 are shown below. The company follows

consistently the policy of adjusting the allowance for doubtful accounts to 7% of

outstanding accounts receivable at year-end.


2018

2019

2020

Sales on account

P3,000,000

P6,500,000

P4,500,000





Collections (Term: 2/10,n/30):




Within the discount period

490,000

1,764,000

980,000

After the discount period

2,400,000*

3,000,000

4,500,000





Write-offs of worthless accounts:




2018 customer (April 4, 2018)

50,000



2018 customer (July 5, 2018)

140,000**



2019 customer (Nov. 2, 2019)


30,000


2019 customer (Dec. 10, 2020)



90,000

*Excludes recovery collections.

**Partially recovered P110,000 on Dec. 24, 2018.

REQUIRED:

  1. Prepare journal entries to record the following selected transactions assuming the company is using the direct write-off method:

a.April 4, 2018 write-off

b. July 5, 2018 write-off

c. Dec. 24, 2018 recovery

d. Dec. 31, 2018 adjusting entry

e. Nov. 2, 2019write-off

f. Dec. 31, 2019 adjusting entry

g. 2020 summary sales (gross method)

h. 2020 summary collections

i. Dec. 10, 2020 write-off

j. Dec. 31, 2020 adjusting entry

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