Question

In accounting for uncollectible receivables, the balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts will directly impact the amount of the adjustment when applying a.the percentage of sales method b.the direct write-off method c.the analysis of receivables method d.both the percentage of sales and analysis of receivables methods

Answer 1

Answer:

c. the analysis of receivables method.

Explanation:

In accounting for uncollectible receivables, the balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts will directly impact the amount of the adjustment when applying the analysis of receivables method.

The uncollectible account for receivables includes loans, credit sales or other debts that the business isn't expecting payment for and they are recorded as bad debt expense on the balance sheet.

The allowance for doubtful account method is used to account for the bad debt expense, and recorded before the bad debt occurs.

Basically, there are two (2) main methods of determining uncollectible accounts for receivables under the allowance method, these are;

1. The analysis of receivables method.

2. The percentage of sales method.

In this scenario, we are more concerned with this;

The analysis of receivables method is used to determine uncollectible account for receivables based on the age of respective accounts receivable.