Answer:
see below
Explanation:
Operating expenses are the cost a business incurs while engaging in its normal business operations. They are the costs not directly be attached to the production process. A business incurs operating expenses in managing it day to day activities. They exclude one time expenses such as judgment cost, accounts adjustments, and other non-recurring costs.
Operating expenses are classified into administrative, selling, and general expenses. Businesses cannot avoid operating expenses; hence the management should strive to keep them as low as possible. Examples of operating expenses include rent, salaries, employee benefits, transport, depreciation, repairs, taxes, sales commissions, amortization, and pension contributions.
Answer:
journal entries
Write-off
Debit Bad Debts expense $11,000 Credit Accounts receivable $11,000
Recovery
Debit Bank $1,800 Credit Bad Debt Recovered income $1,800
Allowance for Doubtful debt Adjustment
Debit Allowance for doubtful debt Adjustment $4,000 Credit Allowance for doubtful debt $4,000
Explanation:
Write-off
The write-off creates an expense (bad debt) and and decreases an asset ( Accounts receivable)
Recovery
Since the amount has been written off as bad, when it is recovered it is no longer recognized as a payment on accounts receivable but an income the entity thought was lost.
Allowance for doubtful debt adjustment
The differences in the opening balance and closing balance either creates an expense or an income adjustment. These estimates are on net Accounts receivables ( after bad debts) are a negative assets.
19000 - 15000 = 4000(increase) adjustment and is an expense.
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