Question

Assume Simple Co. had credit sales of $249,000 and cost of goods sold of $149,000 for the period. Simple uses the percentage of credit sales method and estimates that 2 percent of credit sales would result in uncollectible accounts. Before the end-of-period adjustment is made, the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of $240. What amount of Bad Debt Expense would the company record as an end-of-period adjustment

Answer 1

Answer:

$5,220

Explanation:

The computation of the bad debt expense for the period end adjustment is shown below:

= Allowance of bad debts + credit balance of  Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

where,

Allowance of bad debts = 2% × $249,000 = $4,980

And, the credit balance of  Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is $240

Now put these values to the above formula  

So, the value would equal to

= $4,980 + $240

= $5,220

The journal entry is shown below:

Bad debt expense A/c Dr $5,220

   To Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $5,220

(Being bad debt is recorded)