Question : 21) Allowance for doubtful accounts has a debit balance of : 1212757

21) Allowance for doubtful accounts has a debit balance of $980 at the end of the current year (prior to adjustment). Net credit sales for the current period amount to $950,000 and 2.5% is estimated to be uncollectible. The adjusting entry would require a debit to:

A) bad-debt expense for $23,750.

B) allowance for doubtful accounts for $24,730.

C) allowance for doubtful accounts for $22,770.

D) accounts receivable accounts for $23,750.

 

22) The current debit balance in allowance for doubtful accounts is $465. Management estimates that 3% of net credit sales of $205,000 will be uncollectible. Based on the foregoing data, what is the allowance for doubtful accounts balance on the balance sheet?

A) $6,150

B) $6,615

C) $5,685

D) $465

23) You are informed that Warren Hodges, one of your customers, has declared bankruptcy. Hodges has an account with your company with a current balance of $2,300. Using the allowance method, the entry to write off the uncollectible account involves:

A) a debit to allowance for doubtful accounts and a credit to the Hodges’s account receivable.

B) a debit to Hodges’s account receivable and a credit to bad-debt expense.

C) a debit to bad-debt expense and a credit to Hodges’s account receivable.

D) a debit to Hodges’s account receivable and a credit to allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

24) Mandy Smith’s account was written off last year. She owed City Company $5,000. Using the allowance method, the journal entry to reinstate her account involves:

A) a debit to Smith’s account receivable and a credit to bad-debt expense.

B) a debit to allowance for doubtful accounts and a credit to Smith’s account receivable.

C) a debit to bad-debt expense and a credit to Smith’s account receivable.

D) a debit to Smith’s account receivable and a credit to allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

25) Mandy Smith’s account was written off last year. She owed City Company $5,000. Using the allowance method, the journal entry to receive the cash after her account has been reinstated involves:

A) a debit to cash and a credit to Smith’s account receivable.

B) a debit to allowance for doubtful accounts and a credit to Smith’s account receivable.

C) a debit to cash and a credit to bad-debt expense.

D) a debit to Smith’s account receivable and a credit to allowance for doubtful accounts.

26) Using the balance-sheet approach to estimate uncollectibles, accounts that are 90 days old are:

A) more likely to be collected than accounts 30 days old.

B) equally likely to be collected as accounts 360 days old.

C) less likely to be collected than accounts 30 days old.

D) less likely to be collected than accounts 360 days old.

 

27) The current credit balance in allowance for doubtful accounts before adjustment is $658. An aging schedule reveals $3,500 of uncollectible accounts. The ending balance in allowance for doubtful accounts should be:

A) $3,500.

B) $2,842.

C) $4,158.

D) $658.

 

28) The current credit balance in allowance for doubtful accounts before adjustment is $658. An aging schedule reveals $3,500 of uncollectible accounts. The journal entry for estimated uncollectible accounts should be prepared for:

A) $658.

B) $3,500.

C) $4,158.

D) $2,842.

29) Under the allowance method, if uncollectible account write-offs during the year exceed the allowance amount, the balance in allowance for doubtful accounts at year end prior to adjustment:

A) will be zero.

B) should be deducted from accounts receivable.

C) will be a debit.

D) should be adjusted by debiting it to bring the balance back to zero.

 

30) The allowance for doubtful accounts has a current debit balance of $2,550. Bad-debt expense is estimated to be 3% of net credit sales. If net credit sales were $250,000, which of the following would be part of the adjusting entry for bad-debt expense?

A) debit allowance for doubtful accounts for $7,500.

B) credit allowance for doubtful accounts for $4,950.

C) debit bad-debt expense for $7,500.

D) debit bad-debt expense for $10,500.

 

 

 

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