Question

Describe the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, account:1. What type of account is it? Contra Asset Account 2. What it’s normal balance?3. What financial statement will you find it on?4. Is it a temporary or permanent account?

Answer 1

Answer:

contra-assets account.

Credit balance

balance sheet

permanent account.

Explanation:

The allwoance is an account used to adjust accounts receivable to a net value therefore, it is used as contra-asset (to adjust an asset)

Therefore, as assets normal balance is debit a contra-assets in order to adjsut will use credit balance.

Notice: contra-assets decrease the net value of the assets They never increase it. If the princip0al asset increase then, the accounting would use the main asset account, not the contra-asset

Lastly, as it adjsut an asset it will be find in the balnce sheet or in the note to the balance sheet to disclosure the procedure to arrive to net accounts receivables

As it is find in the balance sheet is a permanent account His balance passes through the acouting cycles