Question

Raintree Cosmetic Company sells its products to customers on a credit basis. An adjusting entry for bad debt expense is recorded only at December 31, the company’s fiscal year-end. The 2020 balance sheet disclosed the following:
Current assets:
Receivables, net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of $36,000 $ 462,000


During 2021, credit sales were $1,780,000, cash collections from customers $1,860,000, and $41,000 in accounts receivable were written off. In addition, $3,600 was collected from a customer whose account was written off in 2020. An aging of accounts receivable at December 31, 2021, reveals the following:

Percentage of Year-End Percent
Age Group Receivables in Group Uncollectible
0−60 days 70% 5%
61−90 days 20 15
91−120 days 5 20
Over 120 days 5 40

Prepare summary journal entries to account for the 2021 write-offs and the collection of the receivable previously written off.

Answer 1

Journal entries

Dr Allowance for uncollectible account $41,000

Cr Account Receivable $41,000

Dr Account receivable $3,600

Cr Allowance for uncollectible account $3,600

Dr Cash $3,600

Cr Account receivable $3,600