Question

The following transactions were completed by Daws Company during the current fiscal year ended December 31:

Jan. 29   Received 40% of the $18,200 balance owed by Kovar Co., a bankrupt business, and wrote off the remainder as uncollectible.

Apr. 18 Reinstated the account of Spencer Clark, which had been written off in the preceding year as uncollectible. Journalized the receipt of $7,400 cash in full payment of Clark’s account.

Aug. 9    Wrote off the $6,465 balance owed by Iron Horse Co., which has no assets.

Nov. 7   Reinstated the account of Vinyl Co., which had been written off in the preceding year as uncollectible. Journalized the receipt of $3,830 cash in full payment of the account.

Dec. 31 Wrote off the following accounts as uncollectible (one entry): Beth Connelly Inc., $7,190; DeVine Co., $5,510; Moser Distributors, $9,410; Oceanic Optics, $1,205.

Dec. 31 Based on an analysis of the $1,820,500 of accounts receivable, it was estimated that $36,410 will be uncollectible. Journalized the adjusting entry.

Required:

1.            Record the January 1 credit balance of $25,415 in a T account for Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.

2.           

A.            Journalize the transactions. For the December 31 adjusting entry, assume the $1,820,500 balance in accounts receivable reflects the adjustments made during the year. Refer to the chart of accounts for a listing of the account titles the company uses.

B.            Post each entry that affects the following selected T accounts and determine the new balances: Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Bad Debt Expense.

3.            Determine the expected net realizable value of the accounts receivable as of December 31 (after all of the adjustments and the adjusting entry).

4.            Assuming that instead of basing the provision for uncollectible accounts on an analysis of receivables, the adjusting entry on December 31 had been based on an estimated expense of ¼ of 1% of the net sales of $18,350,000 for the year, determine the following:

A.            Bad debt expense for the year.

B.            Balance in the allowance account after the adjustment of December 31.

C.            Expected net realizable value of the accounts receivable as of December 31.

Answer 1

29^th Jan.

Cash                      $ 7280

Bad debts            $10,920

                                                Kovar Co.                            

18^th Apr                                Cash a/c              $ 7,400

                                                Bad debts recovered a/c              $7,400

9^th Aug.

                                Bad debts write off a/c                 $ 6,465

                                                Horse Co., a/c                    $6,465

7^th Nov                  Cash a/c              $3,830

                                                Bad debts recovered a/c              $3,830

31^st Dec

                                Bad debts write off a/c                                 $23,315

                                                Beth Connelly Inc.,   a/c                 $7,190

                                                DeVine Co., a/c                                 $5,510

                                                Moser Distributors, a/c                                 $9,410

                                                Oceanic Optics, a/c                          $1,205

31^st Dec

                                Bad and Doubtful debts a/c         $ 36,410

                                                Accounts receivable a/c                                $ 36,410

31^st Dec                                                Accounts receivables a/c              $1,820,500

                                                                Sales a/c                                              $1,820,500

31^st Dec

                                Allowance for Doubtful Accounts a/c $ 45,875

                                                Accounts receivable a/c                                $ 45,875

                                                Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Particular	J.R	Amount	Particulars	J.R	Amount
Balance c/d		25,415	By Allowance for Doubtful debtsA/C	1	25,415
Total		25,415	Total		25,415

                                                Kovar Co. a/c

Particular	J.R	Amount	Particulars	J.R	Amount
Kovar a/c		$18,200	By Balance b/d	1	$18,200
Total		$18,200	Total		$18,200