Reference no: EM132599590
Consider the following information of JoJo for 2019 is summarized below.
Total credit sales 920,000
Accounts receivable at December 31 369,000
Bad debts written off 23,400
Requirements:
Question (a) What amount of bad debt expense will JoJo Company report if it uses the direct write-off method of accounting for bad debts?
Question (b) Assume that JoJo Company decides to estimate its bad debt expense to be 3% of credit sales. What amount of bad debt expense will JoJo record if Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of 3,000?
Question (c) Assume that JoJo Company decides to estimate its bad debt expense based on 7% of accounts receivable. What amount of bad debt expense will JoJo Company record if Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of 4,000?
Question (d) Assume the same facts as in (c), except that there is a 2,000 debit balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. What amount of bad debt expense will JoJo record?