Lauryn Griffin

Business

9 August, 01:34

Exercise 8-5 The ledger of Costello Company at the end of the current year shows Accounts Receivable $110,000; Sales Revenue $840,000; and Sales Returns and Allowances $20,000. Prepare journal entries for each separate scenario below. (a) If Costello Company uses the direct write-off method to account for uncollectible accounts, journalize the entry at December 31, assuming Costello Company determines that L. Dole's $1,400 balance is uncollectible. (b) If Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of $2,100 in the trial balance, journalize the adjusting entry at December 31, assuming uncollectible accounts are estimated to be 10% of accounts receivable. (c) If Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a debit balance of $200 in the trial balance, journalize the adjusting entry at December 31, assuming uncollectible accounts are estimated to be 6% of accounts receivable.