Answer: d. Taking the difference between the unadjusted balance in the allowance account and the desired balance of the allowance account.
Explanation: Bad debt expense is an unfortunate cost of doing business with customers on credit and recognizing bad debts leads to an offsetting reduction to accounts receivable on the balance sheet.
The balance-sheet approach for estimating bad debts expresses uncollectible accounts as a percentage of accounts receivable. That is, it takes the difference between the current balance of allowance for doubtful accounts and the amount calculated.
Therefore, if a company uses the balance sheet approach to estimate bad debt expense, bad debt expense for a period can be determined by taking the difference between the unadjusted balance in the allowance account and the desired balance of the allowance account.
Given:
<span>accounts receivable of $244,000
allowance for uncollectible accounts of $1,350 (credit)
1% of the accounts receivable should be the value of the allowance for uncollectible accounts.
244,000 x 1% = 2,440
2,440 - 1,350 = 1,090
Adjusting entry:
Debit Credit
Bad Debt Expense 1,090
Allowance for uncollectible accounts 1,090</span>
Answer:
people can do what they want (with limitations)
people can say what they want (with limitations)
people can believe in what they want
and thats all ive got. good luck on the last two tho
