Colorado Rocky Cookie Company offers credit terms to its customers. At the end of 2021, accounts receivable totaled $700,000. The allowance method is used to account for uncollectible accounts. The allowance for uncollectible accounts had a credit balance of $47,000 at the beginning of 2021 and $28,500 in receivables were written off during the year as uncollectible. Also, $2,700 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 15% to accounts receivable at the end of the year. Required: 1. Prepare journal entries to record the write-off of receivables, the collection of $2,700 for previously written off receivables, and the year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense.
2. How would accounts receivable be shown in the 2016 year-end balance sheet?
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