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Question - Your accounts receivable clerk, Mitra Adams, to whom you pay a salary of $3,615 per month, has just purchased a new Acura. You decide to test the accuracy of the accounts receivable balance of $197,620 as shown in the ledger.
The following information is available for your first year in business.
(1) Collections from customers $477,180
(2) Merchandise purchased 771,200
(3) Ending merchandise inventory 216,900
(4) Goods are marked to sell at 40% above cost
Compute an estimate of the ending balance of accounts receivable from customers that should appear in the ledger and any apparent shortages. Assume that all sales are made on account.
What is the ending balance of accounts receivable from customers?
What is the apparent shortage?