Question

Swifty Corporation had a 1/1/20 balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $35500. During 2020, it wrote off $23000 of accounts and collected $8000 on accounts previously written off. The balance in Accounts Receivable was $780000 at 1/1 and $960000 at 12/31. At 12/31/20, Swifty estimates that 5% of accounts receivable will prove to be uncollectible. What should Swifty report as its Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at 12/31/20

Answer 1

Answer:

$48,000

Explanation:

What should Swifty report as its Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at 12/31/20?

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 12/31/20 = Accounts receivable at 12/31 * Uncollectible percentage of Accounts receivable

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 12/31/20 = $960,000 * 5%

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 12/31/20 = $48,000