Question

Charleston, Inc. has Accounts Receivable of $170,000 and an Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $11,000. If it writes-off a customer account balance of $1,100, what is the amount of its net accounts receivable

Answer 1

Answer:

$159,000

Explanation:

The double entry to record the writes off balances which are the bad debts of Customers who will not pay the debt, will include debit to allowance which is decrease in the allowance and credit to accounts receivable which is also a decrease to accounts receivable:

Dr Allowance for doubtful account $1,100

Cr Accounts Receivable                           $1,100

Similarly the increase in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $11,000 will be treated totally opposite of the decrease in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts above:

Dr Accounts Receivable               $11,000

Cr Allowance for doubtful account    $11,000

Now, the increase in allowance is deducted from opening accounts receivables and vice versa. The treatment is given below:

Opening balance of Accounts receivables             $170,000

Accounts Receivable                                                ($1,100)

Allowance for Doubtful Debt    ($11,000 - $1,100)     $9,900

Accounts Receivable (Net)                                       $159,000