In: Accounting
At year-end (December 31), Chan Company estimates its bad debts
as 0.60% of its annual credit sales of $665,000. Chan records its
Bad Debts Expense for that estimate. On the following February 1,
Chan decides that the $333 account of P. Park is uncollectible and
writes it off as a bad debt. On June 5, Park unexpectedly pays the
amount previously written off.
Prepare Chan's journal entries for the transactions.
| General Journal | Dr | Cr | |
| 1 | record the estimated bad debts expenses | ||
| 31st march | Provision for bad and doubtful debts | $3,990 | |
| Debtors | $3,990 | ||
| (being provision create @0.6% on $665000) | |||
| Written off the P Parks account as uncollected | |||
| profit and loss account | $3,990 | ||
| Provision for bad and doubtful debts | $3,990 | ||
| (provison for bad debts transferd to p&l end of the year) | |||
| 1st of February | Bad debts | $333 | |
| P Park's | $333 | ||
| (Being the amount of $333 uncollected from P Parks) | |||
| 5th June | P park's | $333 | |
| Bad debts | $333 | ||
| (being bad debts recovered so the entry reversed) | |||
| Cash | $333 | ||
| P park's | $333 | ||
| (Being cash received from the P Parks) | |||
| Provision for bad debts is 0.6% of $665000 means $3900 ( 665000 X 0.6/100 | |||
| provision for bad debts is transfered to profit and loss account | |||
| we have used direct method of accounting so we have reversed the bad debts entry | |||