Lopez
Company began operations on January 1, 2010, and it estimates
uncollectible accounts using the allowance method. During its first two
years, the company completed a number of transactions involving sales on
credit, accounts receivable collections, and bad debts. These
transactions are summarized as follows.
2010 |
a. | Sold $1,352,900 of merchandise (that had cost $979,400) on credit, terms n/30. |
b. | Wrote off $18,100 of uncollectible accounts receivable. |
c. | Received $672,500 cash in payment of accounts receivable. |
d. |
In adjusting the accounts on December 31, the company estimated that 1.40% of accounts receivable will be uncollectible.
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2011 |
e. | Sold $1,507,500 of merchandise (that had cost $1,313,800) on credit, terms n/30. |
f. | Wrote off $26,200 of uncollectible accounts receivable. |
g. | Received $1,356,100 cash in payment of accounts receivable. |
h. |
In adjusting the accounts on December 31, the company estimated that 1.40% of accounts receivable will be uncollectible.
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Required: |
Prepare
journal entries to record Lopez’s 2010 summarized transactions and its
year-end adjustments to record bad debts expense. (The company uses the perpetual inventory system.) (Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest dollar amount.)
Prepare journal entries to record Lopez’s 2011 summarized transactions
and its year-end adjustments to record bad debts expense. (The company uses the perpetual inventory system.) (Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest dollar amount.)
Explanation:
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Beginning receivables | $ | 0 | |
Credit sales | | 1,352,900 | |
Collections | | (672,500) | |
Write-offs | | (18,100) | |
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Ending receivables | | 662,300 | |
Percent uncollectible | | × 1.40% | |
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Required ending allowance | | 9,272** | Cr. |
Unadjusted balance | | 18,100 | Dr. |
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Adjustment to the allowance | $ | 27,372 | Cr. |
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**rounded to nearest dollar |
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Beginning receivables | | | | $ | 662,300 | |
Credit sales | | | | | 1,507,500 | |
Collections | | | | | (1,356,100) | |
Write-offs | | | | | (26,200) | |
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Ending receivables | | | | | 787,500 | |
Percent uncollectible | | | | | × 1.40% | |
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Required ending allowance | | | | | 11,025** | Cr. |
Unadjusted balance | | | | | | |
Beginning (Cr.) | $ | 9,272 | | | | |
Write-offs (Dr.) | | 26,200 | | | 16,928 | Dr. |
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Adjustment to the allowance | | | | $ | 27,953 | Cr. |
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**rounded to nearest dollar
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