Answer:
B. has no effect on total assets.
Explanation:
Both cash and accounts receivable are assets. When a sale is made on credit, the entries required are debit accounts receivable and credit revenue.
On receipt of cash, debit cash and credit accounts receivable.
Hence the collection of a $1,000 Accounts Receivable will have no effect on total assets as one asset was credited ( a reduction) while the other was debited(an increase) by the same amount.
Answer:
Items a) and b)
a) items used currently in the production of goods to be sold items
b) held for resale items currently in production for future
Explanation:
Inventory consists of current assets to be used in production of final goods or are the ones which are final goods and held for sale.
In the given case also, statement a includes raw materials, which are used to make the final good to be sold, which is a part of inventory.
Further, statement b includes work in production or final goods which are currently in production but would be resold.
The items which are kept for their use as like machinery or furniture or which shall be disposed are not inventory but are in fixed assets category.
Answer:
Explanation:
Failure of credit customers to pay their bills is considered a bad debt in Accounting. This is recored as a bad debt expense in journal entries in the <em>period when the credit sale occurred</em>. This ensures that these bad debt expense matches the revenues earned during that period. In a company's financial statements, bad debt expense is recorded in the Income statement as <em>selling expenses.</em>
