At the beginning of the year, accounts receivable
Question # 00488020
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Updated on: 02/21/2017 04:56 AM Due on: 02/21/2017
At the beginning of the year, accounts receivable were $39,000 and the allowance for bad debts was $2,400. During the year, sales (all on account) were $120,000, cash collections were $114,000, bad debts expense totaled $1,700, and $2,000 of accounts receivable were written off as bad debts.
Required:
Calculate the balances at the end of the year for the Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Bad Debts accounts. (Hint: Use T-accounts to analyze each of these accounts, plug in the amounts that you know, and solve for the ending balances.)
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Solution: At the beginning of the year, accounts receivable