Question

Weldon Corporation’s fiscal year ends December 31. The following is a list of transactions involving receivables that occurred during 2018:

Mar.		17		Accounts receivable of $1,800 were written off as uncollectible. The company uses the allowance method.
		30		Loaned an officer of the company $21,000 and received a note requiring principal and interest at 8% to be paid on March 30, 2019.
May		30		Discounted the $21,000 note at a local bank. The bank’s discount rate is 9%. The note was discounted without recourse and the sale criteria are met.
June		30		Sold merchandise to the Blankenship Company for $13,000. Terms of the sale are 3/10, n/30. Weldon uses the gross method to account for cash discounts.
July		8		The Blankenship Company paid its account in full.
Aug.		31		Sold stock in a nonpublic company with a book value of $5,100 and accepted a $6,200 noninterest-bearing note with a discount rate of 9%. The $6,200 payment is due on February 28, 2019. The stock has no ready market value.
Dec.		31		Bad debt expense is estimated to be 1% of credit sales for the year. Credit sales for 2018 were $710,000.

Required:

1 & 2. Prepare journal entries for each of the above transactions and additional year-end adjusting entries indicated.

Answer 1