Question

Gideon Company uses the direct write-off method of accounting for uncollectible accounts. On May 3, the Gideon Company wrote off the $2,000 uncollectible account of its customer, A. Hopkins. The entry or entries Gideon makes to record the write off of the account on May 3 is

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

The Journal entry is shown below:-

Bad debts expense Dr, $2,000

          To Accounts receivable-Hopkins $2,000

(Being write off is recorded)

Here we debited the bad debt expenses as it increased the expenses and we credited the accounts receivable as it reduced the assets so that the proper posting could be done