ADMS 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Current Liability, Income Statement, Current Asset

20 views3 pages
ishvindersinghsandhu and 38251 others unlocked
ADMS 2500 Full Course Notes
12
ADMS 2500 Full Course Notes
Verified Note
12 documents

Document Summary

Income statement approach - % of credit sales: bad debt expense is calculated based on a percentage of credit sales, ex. Total sales for period was 2,000,000 with 90% credit sales and estimated 2. 5% uncollectable: dr. bad debt expense for 45,000 (2 mil*. 9*. 025), cr. Allowance for doubtful accounts: now it is possible to reduce the afda and a/r. A/r is determined uncollectable and is written off: dr. allowance for doubtful accounts, cr. If a customer pays an account that was previously written off: dr. a/r, cr. Allowance for doubtful accounts (opposite of above entry, this is done to reinstate a/r and record receipt of cash: dr. cash, cr. **bad debt expense is calculated to reflect the uncollectable accounts in the period in which they are determined to be uncollectable. Balance sheet approach - aging method: the goal of this approach is the end up with an afda that equals the amount of outstanding a/r to be written off, ex.

Get access

Grade+
$40 USD/m
Billed monthly
Grade+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
10 Verified Answers
Class+
$30 USD/m
Billed monthly
Class+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
7 Verified Answers

Related Documents

Related Questions