Answer:
Debit Allowance for doubtful debts $1,200
Credit Accounts receivable $1,200
Being entries to write off uncollectible debt on December 1
Explanation:
When a company makes sales on account, debit accounts receivable and credit sales. Based on assessment, some or all of the receivables may be uncollectible.
To account for this, debit bad debit expense and credit allowance for doubtful debt. Should the debt become uncollectible (i.e go bad), debit allowance for doubtful debt and credit accounts receivable.
Where a debit that had previously been determined to have gone bad gets settled, debit cash and credit bad debt expense.
Answer: Capital rationing
Explanation:
Capital Rationing occurs when a firm has to ration capital because there's no enough fund to invest in all the attractive projects.
Capital rationing is used by companies in order to limit the number of projects which they'll invest in at a time.
Since Serena has to rank several alternatives for purchasing a new piece of equipment based on the fact that there is constraint with regards to the availability of funds, this is capital rationing.
De Beers is worried that people might resell their previously owned diamonds <u>because previously owned diamonds would be a close substitute to newly mined diamonds and therefore reduce De Beers' market power</u>.
<u>Explanation</u>:
A single company selling the unique product with no competition is known as monopoly. The company is sole seller of the product. The company is free of competition and decides the price of the product with full freedom.
De Beers Company is a monopoly company dealing with diamonds. They were monopoly for long time. In recent days they are facing increasing competition due to resale of diamonds by the previously owned customers. The company’s market power is reduced as the previously owned diamond is close to newly mined diamond.
