Question

Historical Art is a new business. During its first year of operations, credit sales were $50,000 and collections from credit sales were $34,000. One account for $500 was written off. Management uses the percent-of-sales method to account for bad debts expense and estimates 3% of credit sales to be uncollectible. the ending balance of allowance for bad debts account is?
A. 1,000
B. 2,505
C. 1,500
D. 465

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 1,500

Explanation:

Credit Sales x 3%

$50,000 x 0.03 = $1,500