Trophy Fish Company supplies flies and fishing gear to sporting goods stores and outfitters throughout the western United States. The accounts receivable clerk for Trophy Fish prepared the following partially completed aging of receivables schedule as of the end of business on December 31, 20Y4:

1			Not	Days Past Due	Days Past Due	Days Past Due	Days Past Due	Days Past Due
2			Past
3	Customer	Balance	Due	1-30	31-60	61-90	91-120	Over 120
4	AAA Outfitters	20,200.00	20,200.00
5	Brown Trout Fly Shop	8,000.00			8,000.00
6	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~
7
8	Zigs Fish Adventures	4,100.00		4,100.00
9	Subtotals	1,304,500.00	748,300.00	297,300.00	117,000.00	38,700.00	23,800.00	79,400.00

The following accounts were unintentionally omitted from the aging schedule. Assume all due dates are for the current year except for Wolfe Sports, which is due in the next year.

Customer	Due Date	Balance
Adams Sports & Flies	May 22	$4,900
Blue Dun Flies	Oct. 10	5,200
Cicada Fish Co.	Sept. 29	8,900
Deschutes Sports	Oct. 20	6,600
Green River Sports	Nov. 7	3,800
Smith River Co.	Nov. 28	2,000
Western Trout Company	Dec. 7	6,400
Wolfe Sports	Jan. 20	4,400

Trophy Fish has a past history of uncollectible accounts by age category, as follows:

Age Class	Percent Uncollectible
Not past due	1%
130 days past due	3
3160 days past due	10
6190 days past due	29
91120 days past due	41
Over 120 days past due	79

1.	Determine the number of days past due for each of the preceding accounts. If an account is not past due, enter a zero.
2.	Complete the aging of receivables schedule by adding the omitted accounts to the bottom of the schedule and updating the totals.
3.	Estimate the allowance for doubtful accounts, based on the aging of receivables schedule.
4.	Assume that the allowance for doubtful accounts for Trophy Fish Company has a debit balance of $4,700 before adjustment on December 31. Journalize the adjusting entry for uncollectible accounts.
5.	Assuming that the adjusting entry in (4) was inadvertently omitted, how would the omission affect the balance sheet and income statement?

Starting Question

1. Determine the number of days past due for each of the accounts below. If an account is not past due, enter a zero.

Customer	Due Date	Number of Days Past Due
Adams Sports & Flies	May 22, 20Y4	days
Blue Dun Flies	Oct. 10, 20Y4	days
Cicada Fish Co.	Sept. 29, 20Y4	days
Deschutes Sports	Oct. 20, 20Y4	days
Green River Sports	Nov. 7, 20Y4	days
Smith River Co.	Nov. 28, 20Y4	days
Western Trout Company	Dec. 7, 20Y4	days
Wolfe Sports	Jan. 20, 20Y5	days

Aging of Receivables Schedule

2. Complete the aging of receivables schedule by adding the omitted accounts to the bottom of the schedule and updating the totals.

Additional Instruction

Aging of Receivables Schedule

December 31, 20Y4

1				Days Past Due	Days Past Due	Days Past Due	Days Past Due	Days Past Due
2	Customer	Balance	Not Past Due	1-30	31-60	61-90	91-120	Over 120
3	AAA Outfitters	20,200.00	20,200.00
4	Brown Trout Fly Shop	8,000.00			8,000.00
5	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~
6	Zigs Fish Adventures	4,100.00		4,100.00
7	Subtotals	1,304,500.00	748,300.00	297,300.00	117,000.00	38,700.00	23,800.00	79,400.00
8	Adams Sports & Flies
9	Blue Dun Flies
10	Cicada Fish Co.
11	Deschutes Sports
12	Green River Sports
13	Smith River Co.
14	Western Trout Company
15	Wolfe Sports
16	Totals
17	Percentage uncollectible
18	Estimate of uncollectible accounts

Additional Question

3. Estimate the allowance for doubtful accounts, based on the aging of receivables schedule.

General Journal

4. Assume that the allowance for doubtful accounts for Trophy Fish Company has a debit balance of $4,700 before adjustment on December 31. Journalize the adjusting entry for uncollectible accounts.

General Journal Instructions

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JOURNAL

ACCOUNTING EQUATION

	DATE	DESCRIPTION	POST. REF.	DEBIT	CREDIT	ASSETS	LIABILITIES	EQUITY
1
2

Final Question

5. Assuming that the adjusting entry in (4) was inadvertently omitted, how would the omission affect the balance sheet and income statement?

On the balance sheet, assets would be by because the allowance for doubtful accounts would be by . In addition, the stockholders equity (retained earnings) would be by because bad debt expense would be and net income by on the income statement.