Question

Assume that at December 31, 2015, management determined that it will be unable to collect $1,200 owed to it by its customer Acme, Inc. On September 15, 2016, a check in the amount of $600 was unexpectedly received from Acme. Management does not expect any future collections from Acme. (This company uses the allowance method to account for uncollectible accounts.) Prepare the necessary September 15 journal entry by selecting the account names and dollar amounts from the drop-down menus. (Use a compound entry instead of preparing two separate journal entries.)

Answer 1

Answer:

account receivables 600 debit

    allowance for doubful account 600 credit

--to revert the write-off--

cash     600 debit

  account receivables 600 credit

--to record the payment from Acme Inc--

Explanation:

The company will revert the write-off of Acme. Inc account and then record a collection as usual

We use the allowance account as previously the company did as follows:

allowance for doubful account 1,200 debit

  account receivables                   1,200 credit

to write-off the account.

We reverse this by the amount paid by Acme which is 600

Then, we record receiving the cash (debit) and decreasing the account receivable (credit)