The following transactions were completed by The Irvine Company during the current fiscal year ended December 31:

Feb. 8	Received 45% of the $18,700 balance owed by DeCoy Co., a bankrupt business, and wrote off the remainder as uncollectible.
May 27	Reinstated the account of Seth Nelsen, which had been written off in the preceding year as uncollectible. Journalized the receipt of $7,270 cash in full payment of Seths account.
Aug. 13	Wrote off the $6,360 balance owed by Kat Tracks Co., which has no assets.
Oct. 31	Reinstated the account of Crawford Co., which had been written off in the preceding year as uncollectible. Journalized the receipt of $3,975 cash in full payment of the account.
Dec. 31	Wrote off the following accounts as uncollectible (compound entry): Newbauer Co., $7,265; Bonneville Co., $5,595; Crow Distributors, $9,305; Fiber Optics, $1,150.
Dec. 31	Based on an analysis of the $1,759,500 of accounts receivable, it was estimated that $35,190 will be uncollectible. Journalized the adjusting entry.

Required:

1.

Record the January 1 credit balance of $25,685 in a T account for Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.

2.

A.	Journalize the transactions. For the December 31 adjusting entry, assume the $1,759,500 balance in accounts receivable reflects the adjustments made during the year. Refer to the chart of accounts for a listing of the account titles the company uses.
B.	Post each entry that affects the following selected T accounts and determine the new balances: Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Bad Debt Expense.

3.

Determine the expected net realizable value of the accounts receivable as of December 31 (after all of the adjustments and the adjusting entry).

4.

Assuming that instead of basing the provision for uncollectible accounts on an analysis of receivables, the adjusting entry on December 31 had been based on an estimated expense of of 1% of the net sales of $17,710,000 for the year, determine the following:

A.	Bad debt expense for the year.
B.	Balance in the allowance account after the adjustment of December 31.
C.	Expected net realizable value of the accounts receivable as of December 31.

CHART OF ACCOUNTS

The Irvine Company

General Ledger

	ASSETS
110	Cash
111	Petty Cash
121	Accounts Receivable-DeCoy Co.
122	Accounts Receivable-Seth Nelsen
123	Accounts Receivable-Kat Tracks Co.
124	Accounts Receivable-Crawford Co.
125	Accounts Receivable-Newbauer Co.
126	Accounts Receivable-Bonneville Co.
127	Accounts Receivable-Crow Distributors
128	Accounts Receivable-Fiber Optics
129	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
131	Interest Receivable
132	Notes Receivable
141	Merchandise Inventory
145	Office Supplies
146	Store Supplies
151	Prepaid Insurance
181	Land
191	Store Equipment
192	Accumulated Depreciation-Store Equipment
193	Office Equipment
194	Accumulated Depreciation-Office Equipment

	LIABILITIES
210	Accounts Payable
211	Salaries Payable
213	Sales Tax Payable
214	Interest Payable
215	Notes Payable

	EQUITY
310	Irvine, Capital
311	Irvine, Drawing
312	Income Summary

1.

Record the January 1 credit balance of $25,685 in a T account for Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.

2.

B.	Post each entry that affects the following selected T accounts and determine the new balances: Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Bad Debt Expense.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
		Jan. 1 Balance
		Dec. 31 Adj. Balance

Bad Debt Expense

2. A. Journalize the transactions. For the December 31 adjusting entry, assume the $1,759,500 balance in accounts receivable reflects the adjustments made during the year. Refer to the chart of accounts for a listing of the account titles the company uses.

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3. Determine the expected net realizable value of the accounts receivable as of December 31 (after all of the adjustments and the adjusting entry).

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4. Assuming that instead of basing the provision for uncollectible accounts on an analysis of receivables, the adjusting entry on December 31 had been based on an estimated expense of of 1% of the net sales of $17,710,000 for the year, determine the following:

A. Bad debt expense for the year. $

B. Balance in the allowance account after the adjustment of December 31. $

C. Expected net realizable value of the accounts receivable as of December 31. $