In: Accounting
1.
At the beginning of the year, you had $65,000 in accounts
receivable and an allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,000 (net
realizable value $59,000). During the year you made sales of
$600,000, of which 80% were on account, and $12,000 of the sales on
account were returned. You collected $430,000 in cash from your
customers during the year, wrote off $3,000 in uncollectable
accounts, and recovered $1,000 from previous years’ write-offs.
What is your bad debt expense for the year, assuming that 7% of
your year-end accounts receivable will not be collected?
a) $7,210
b) $16,000
c) $3,840
d) $3,000
e) $4,000