Problem - Raintree Cosmetic Company sells its products to customers on a credit basis. An adjusting entry for bad debt expense is recorded onlyr at December 31, the company's fiscal year end. The 2015 balance sheet disclosed the following:
Current assets: Receivables, net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of $45,000 $507,000
During 2016, credit sales were $1,825,000, cash collections from customers $1,905,000, and $54,000 in accounts receivable were written 011. In addition, $4,500 was collected from a customer whose account was written off in 2015. An aging of accounts receivable at December 31, 2016, reveals the following:
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Age Group
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Percentage of Year-End Receivables in Group
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Percent Uncollectible
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0-60 days
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70%
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5%
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61-90 days
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20
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15
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91-120 days
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5
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20
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Over 120 days
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5
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40
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Required:
1. Prepare summary journal entries to account for the 2016 write-o?s and the collection of the receivable previously written off.
2. Prepare the year-end adjusting entry for bad debts according to each of the following situations:
a. Bad debt expense is estimated to be 4% of credit sales for the year.
b. Bad debt expense is estimated by computing net realizable value of the receivables. The allowance for uncollectible accounts is estimated to be 10% of the yearend balance in accounts receivable.
c. Bad debt expense is estimated by computing net realizable value of the receivables. The allowance for uncollectible accounts is determined by an aging of accounts receivable.
3. For situations (a)-(c) in requirement 2 above, what would be the net amount of accounts receivable reported in the 2016 balance sheet?