Chapter 5 Est. of Doubtful Acct
Chapter 5 Est. of Doubtful Acct
Chapter 5 Est. of Doubtful Acct
Required:
Prepare adjusting entry to provide for doubtful accounts under each of the following
independent assumptions:
a. Past experience indicates that 75% of all sales are credit sales and that an average
2% of credit sales may prove uncollectible.
b. One percent of gross sales may prove uncollectible.
c. An analysis of the aging of trade receivables indicates that accounts receivable
in the amount of P80,000 may prove uncollectible.
d. The policy is to maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts equal to 10%
of the outstanding accounts receivable.
a. Credit Sales (75% x 5,000,000) = 3,750,000
At the beginning of current year, Template Company showed the following account balances:
1.)
Accounts receivable 1,000,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts 40,000
2.)
The following summary transactions occurred during the current year:
1. Sales on account, 2 / 30, n / 30
period 7,000,000
period 2,450,000
3,900,000 3.)
4. Accounts receivable written off as worthless 30,000
Required: 5.)
a. Prepare journal entries pertaining to accounts receivable.
b. Prepare the adjustment for doubtful accounts at year-end if the entity
uses the percentage of accounts receivable method consistently.
c. What is the net realizable value of accounts receivable at year-end?
6.)
JOURNAL ENTRIES
Account Titles Debit
Accounts Receivable 7,000,000
Sales
Cash 2,450,000
Sales discount 50,000
Accounts Receivable (2,450,000/98%)
Cash 3,900,000
Accounts Receivable
Cash 10,000
Accounts Receivable
10,000
70,000
40,000
60,000
20,000
40,000
1,500,000
-60,000
1,440,000
Exercise 3
At the beginning of current year, Rampant Company reported that the allowance
for doubtful accounts has a credit balance of P170,000.
Bad debt recoveries and bad debts written off in the current year were
P30,000 and P235,000, respectively.
The allowance account had been previously calculated as a percentage of net sales.
It was decided however to provide for doubtful accounts commencing with the
year-end adjusting entry on the basis of an analysis of the age of the receivables.
Required:
1. What is the required allowance for doubtful accounts at year-end?
2. How much would be the doubtful accounts expense for the current year?
3. What is the adjusting entry for the doubtful accounts expense for the current year?
4. What is the net realizable value of accounts receivable at year-end?
Amounts % of uncollectible Required Allowance
1. Not yet Due 1,700,000 - -
1-30 days past due 1,200,000 5% 60,000
31-60 days past due 100,000 25% 25,000
61-90 days past due 150,000 50% 75,000
Over 90 days past due 120,000 100% 120,000
3,270,000 280,000