Reference no: EM132221361
Question - Information related to Zaza Company for 2018 is summarized below.
Total credit sales - $13,00,000
Accounts Receivable at December 31 - 3,69,000
Bad debts written off - 22,150
Instructions:
(a) What amount of bad debts expense will Bee Company report if it uses the direct write-off method of accounting for bad debts?
(b) Assume that Bee Company decides to estimate its bad debts expense to be 2% of credit sales. What amount of bad debts expense will Bee record if Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of $3,000?
(c) Assume that Bee Company decides to estimate its bad debts expense based on 6% of accounts receivable. What amount of bad debts expense will Bee Company record if Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of $4,000?
(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 debts expense will Bee record?