Question: The Rafi M. company, which has been in business for three years, makes all of its sales on credit and does not offer cash discounts. Credit sales, customer collections, and writeoffs of uncollectible accounts for its first three years follow: Year 2010, Sales $751,000, collections $533,000, Accounts written off $5,300. Year 2011, Sales, 876,000, collections 864,000, accounts written off 5,800. Year 2012, sales 972,000, collections 938,000, accounts written off 6,500.
A. Rafi M estimates uncollectibles to be 10% of accounts reveivable. Identify the ending balance amount on the accounts receivable and the allowance for uncollectible accounts reported on the balance sheet for each of the three years and the total amount of bad debt expense that appears on the income statement for each of the three years.