Question

Libre, Inc. has experienced bad debt losses of 5% of credit sales in prior periods. At the end of the year, the balance of Accounts Receivable is $119,000 and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has an unadjusted credit balance of $1,450. Net credit sales during the year were $188,000. Using the percentage of credit sales method, what is the estimated Bad Debt Expense for the year

Answer 1

Answer:

The estimated bad debt expense for the year amounts to $9,400

Explanation:

The  estimated bad debt expense  for the year is computed as:

As the percentage of credit sales method is used for estimating the bad debt expense. Therefore, it is computed as:

Bad debt expense = Net Credit Sales × Estimate Percent

where

Net credit sales amounts to $188,000

Estimate percent is 5%

So, putting the values above:

Bad debt expense = $188,000 × 5%

Bad debt expense = $9,400

Therefore, the bad debt expense amounts to $9,400