ACC 113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Tunxis Community College, Matching Principle

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Plccs: companies must collect themselves, so it"d be an account receivable. Securities with maturities of 3 months or less (1 purchase) which is standard. Accounts receivable (a/r): what to do with bad debts. Record an expense called bad debt expense. Matching principle dictates we must recognize the bad debt expense in the same year the sale happened (revenue recognized). Allowance methods estimate losses (contra-asset account) On the balance sheet: a/r (net) = a/r allowance for bad debts (contra- 2 methods for making bad debt expense and the allowance amount asset account) Percentage of credit sales method: bad debt expense = percentage of credit sales. This amount is added to allowance of bad debts on the balance sheet. Bad debt expense is an account that appears on the incomes statement, so it does not carry over yoy. Allowance account is a balance sheet account, so it does carry over.

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