Question

A company ages its accounts receivables to determine its end of period adjustment for bad debts. At the end of the current year, management estimated that $22,750 of the accounts receivable balance would be uncollectible. Prior to any year-end adjustments, the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts had a credit balance of $445. What adjusting entry should the company make at the end of the current year to record its estimated bad debts expense

Answer 1

Answer:

The appropriate answer is "$22,305".

Explanation:

The given values are:

Estimated uncollectible,

= $22,750

Credit balance in allowance,

= $445

Now,

The bad debt expense will be:

= $Estimated \ uncollectible-Credit \ balance \ in \ allowance$

By substituting the values, we get

= $22750-445$

= $22305$ ($)