Question

At the end of the year, a company reports a balance in its Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts of $1,700 (debit) before any year-end adjustment. The company estimates future uncollectible accounts to be 4% of credit sales for the year. Credit sales for the year total $283,000. Record the adjustment for the allowance for uncollectible accounts using the percentage-of-credit-sales method. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.)

Answer 1

Answer:

Bad debt expense $11,320   ($283,000 × 4%)

      To Allowance for doubtful debts $11,320

(being the bad debt expense is recorded)

Explanation:

The journal entry is shown below:

Bad debt expense $11,320   ($283,000 × 4%)

      To Allowance for doubtful debts $11,320

(being the bad debt expense is recorded)

For recording this given transaction, we debited the bad debt expense as it increases the expenses account and at the same time it decreases the account receivable so the allowance would be credited so that the proper posting could be done