Answer and Explanation:
As we know that
The assets, expenses contains debit balance while the liabilities, revenues and stockholder equity contains credit balance
So based on this, the classifications are as follows
Particulars Type of account Normal balance Debit or credit Reason
a. Land Asset debit debit resources on the owners hand
b. Cash Asset debit debit resources on the owners hand
c. Legal Expense = expense debit debit consumption of cost
d. Accounts Receivable Asset debit debit resources on the owners hand
e. Dividends = Equity debit debit distribution made to owners
g. Notes Payable = Liability credit credit obligation made to creditors
h. Common Stock = Equity credit credit investment done by the owners
Answer:
The ending balance in the Allowance for Bad Debts is 20,500 CREDIT
Explanation:
The ending balance of Allowance for bad debts would be the 2.5% of sales
The adjustment is made to get the allowance for Bad Debt match the estimate uncollectible ammounts.
Notice it state <em>"company adjusted for bad debt expense"</em>
This means<u> it debit this account as much as it needed to be</u> to make allowance match the estimate allowance.
The write-off are transaction durign the period. They are irrelevant
So the ending balance is:
<em>2.5% of credit sales of 820,000 = $20,500</em>
It is important to remember that <u>Allowance is a counter-asset account</u>. His <em>normal balance is credit</em>, so the<u> final balance is credit.</u>
Savings accounts is the most liquid