In: Accounting
Monique’s Trading Company balance sheet at December 31, 2016, reported the following:
Accounts receivable...........................................$1,000,000
Allowance for uncollectible accounts...................$33,330
The following are the transactions to be taken into consideration for 2017:
a. Total credit sales for 2017 were $2,400,000.
b. 2% of sales were estimated to be uncollectible.
c. The company received cash payments on account during 2017 for $900,000
d. Accounts receivable identified to be uncollectible totaled $64,000.
e. December 31, 2017, aging of receivables indicates that $72,000 of the
receivables are uncollectible.
Requirements:
1. What was the net realizable value of the receivables as at December 31,2016
2. Prepare the journal entries for the company’s 2017 transactions.
3. Prepare the Accounts receivable and the Allowance for uncollectible
accounts T-accounts based on the information presented above. (Hint!!! The opening balances and the transactions from the journal entries must be recorded in their respective accounts)
4. What is the net realizable value of receivables as at December 31, 2017? (show workings)
1. What was the net realizable value of the receivables as at December 31,2016
Accounts receivable | 10,00,000 |
Allowance for uncollectible accounts | 33330 |
net realizable value | 9,66,670 |
2. Prepare the journal entries for the company’s 2017 transactions.
DR | CR | |
Account receivable | 24,00,000 | |
Sales | 24,00,000 | |
Bad debt Expense | 48000 | |
Allowance for Doubfull debt | 48000 | |
Cash | 9,00,000 | |
Account receivable | 9,00,000 | |
Allowance for Doubfull debt | 64000 | |
Account receivable | 64000 | |
Bad debt Expense | 54,670 | |
Allowance for Doubfull debt | 54,670 |
3. Prepare the Accounts receivable and the Allowance for uncollectible
accounts T-accounts based on the information presented above.
Accounts receivable | ||||
Beg Balance | 10,00,000 | Cash received | 9,00,000 | |
credit sales | 2400000 | Allowance for uncollectible | 64,000 | |
End Balance | 24,36,000 |
Allowance for uncollectible | ||||
Accounts receivable | 64,000 | Beg Balance | 33330 | |
Bad debt expense | 54670 | |||
Bad debt expense | 48,000 | |||
End Balance | 72,000 |
4. What is the net realizable value of receivables as at December 31, 2017? (show workings)
Accounts receivable | 24,36,000 |
Allowance for uncollectible | 72,000 |
net realizable value of receivables | 23,64,000 |