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Business

27 April, 06:29

Colorado rocky cookie company offers credit terms to its customers. at the end of 2018, accounts receivable totaled $640,000. the allowance method is used to account for uncollectible accounts. the allowance for uncollectible accounts has a credit balance of $35,000 at the beginning of 2018 and $22,500 in receivables were written off during the year as uncollectible. also, $1,500 in cash was received in december from a customer whose account previously had been written off. the company estimates bad debts by applying a percentage of 10% to accounts receivable at the end of the year. required: 1. prepare journal entries to record the write-off of receivables, the collection of $1,500 for previously written off receivables, and the year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense. 2. how would accounts receivable be shown in the 2018 year-end balance sheet