Question

A company's unadjusted trial balance shows a debit balance in the allowance for doubtful accounts. This means that a. The company has written off more accounts receivable during the period than were accounted for in the opening balance of the allowance. b. The company must recognize bad debt expense at least as great as the unadjusted debit balance of the allowance. c. The company has written off too many accounts receivable and should reassess its write-off policy. d. Both a and b above are correct.

Answer 1

Answer:

d. Both a and b above are correct.

Explanation:

In the case when the company unadjusted trial balance reflect a debit balance of allowance for doubtful debts so this represent that the company would have more written off account receivable that would be shown in the beginning balance of the allowance. Also the company should record the bad debt expense as more as the debit balance of the non-adjusted allowance  

Hence, the last option is correct