Answer:
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 100 Accounts Receivable 100
Explanation:
The allowance method first estimates an allowance for doubtful debts.When the company receives the actual figure of the amount that have gone wrong, it writes off the trade receivable and utilizes the allowance provided for
<u>When allowance is estimated </u>
Bad Debts (debit)
Allowance for doubtful debts (credit)
<u>When the actual figure of the amount that have gone wrong is obtained</u>
Allowance for doubtful debts (debit)
Account Receivable (credit)
Answer:
The answer is: Longer lead times and they can be inventoried.
Explanation:
Physical goods or products usually have longer lead times than services (although not necessarily) but the main difference between them is that they can be inventoried.
For example, a company that produces chairs can produce chairs during the week and then store them in a warehouse. But if a hotel only rents 30 of its 50 available rooms today, it cannot rent 80 rooms tomorrow, only 50. A service by definition cannot be inventoried, or stored for later use.
Answer:
Legal Risk
Explanation:
Legal risk are damage, financial, reputational losses or any other form of loss received by a business due to negligence in compliance with the law related to the business. They are prospective fines or loses that a business or an organization receives for not complying with the business law and regulations.
In this case, the prospective loss could come by associating with Azpak limited which have inadequate protection of intellectual property rights.
Answer: false
Most businesses remove or write off bad accounts but not periodically. By periodically means, it occurs at regular times which bad accounts are not. Accounts are considered bad accounts if they remained uncollectible after many months.
The entry to write off consists of 1) a credit to Accounts Receivable to remove it, and 2) a debit to Bad Debts Expense to report it.
