Question

On December 31, 2017, Extreme Fitness has adjusted balances of $800,000 in Accounts Receivable and $55,000 in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. On January 2, 2018, the company learns that certain customer accounts are not collectible, so management authorizes a write-off of these accounts totaling $10,000. What amount would the company report as its net accounts receivable on December 31, 2017

Answer 1

Answer:

Accounts receivable is $745,000

Explanation:

The company would report as net receivable, the total amount on accounts receivable minus total amount on the Allowance for uncollectible Accounts, which implies that the balance represent the amount of credit that will not be possible to collect again hence, the value represent balance on net accounts receivable.

Accounts receivable = Adjusted balance in accounts receivable - Allowance for doubtful accounts

= $800,000 - $55,000

= $745,000