In: Accounting
Liang Company began operations in Year 1. During its first two years, the company completed a number of transactions involving sales on credit, accounts receivable collections, and bad debts. These transactions are summarized as follows.
Year 1
a. Sold $1,349,600 of merchandise (that had cost $977,600) on credit, terms n/30.
b. Wrote off $19,500 of uncollectible accounts receivable.
c. Received $669,000 cash in payment of accounts receivable.
d. In adjusting the accounts on December 31, the company estimated that 2.10% of accounts receivable would be uncollectible.
Year 2
e. Sold $1,575,600 of merchandise (that had cost $1,262,000) on credit, terms n/30.
f. Wrote off $34,300 of uncollectible accounts receivable.
g. Received $1,109,800 cash in payment of accounts receivable.
h. In adjusting the accounts on December 31, the company estimated that 2.10% of accounts receivable would be uncollectible.
Required:
Prepare journal entries to record Liang’s Year 1 and Year 2
summarized transactions and its year-end adjustments to record bad
debts expense. (The company uses the perpetual inventory system and
it applies the allowance method for its accounts receivable.)
(Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest
dollar.)