Cicero Company's accounts receivable reveals the following balances: Receivable ![](https://cdn.mathpix.com/cropped/2024_06_21_3f3a663d80d41d3f9137g-190.jpg?height=190&width=293&top_left_y=1675&top_left_x=246) Age of Accounts Receivable Balance Current $$

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Cicero Company's accounts receivable reveals the following balances: Receivable

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Age of Accounts Receivable Balance Current $\$ 600,000$

1-30 days past due 320,000

$31-60$ days past due 80,000 61-90 days past due 50,000

$91-120$ days past due 9,000 The credit balance in Allowance for Bad Debts is now $\$ 26,000$. After a thorough analysis of the collection history, the company estimated that the following percentages of receivables would eventually prove uncollectible:

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Current $0.4 \%$

$1-30$ days past due. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 31-60 days past due . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 61-90 days past due. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.0 91-120 days past due . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.0

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Prepare an aging schedule for the accounts receivable, and give the journal entry for recording the necessary change in the allowance for bad debts account.

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Survey Of Accounting

ISBN: 9780538846172

1st Edition

Authors: James D. Stice, W. Steve Albrecht, Earl Kay Stice, K. Fred Skousen

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