Adjusting entry for doubtful accounts expense


The following information was abstracted from the records of the Hooper Corporation:

Accounts Receivable, December 31, 2011 ............    $ 590,000

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts before adjustment,

December 31, 2011 ...............................    18,000    (dr)
Sales--2011........................................    2,180,000
Sales Discounts--2011 .............................    18,000
Sales Returns--2011 ...............................    27,000

Prepare the adjusting entry for doubtful accounts expense under each of the following assumptions:

(1) 3 percent of outstanding accounts receivable are uncollectible.

(2) 1.5 percent of 2011 net sales are uncollectible.

(3) An aging schedule of the accounts shows that $21,400 of the accounts are uncollectible.

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