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During the year, credit sales amounted to $800,000. Cash collected on credit sal

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Question

During the year, credit sales amounted to $800,000. Cash collected on credit sales amounted to $760,000, and $18,000 has been written off. At the end of the year, the company adjusted for bad debts expense using the percent-of-sales method and applied a rate, based on past history, of 2.5%. The ending balance of Accounts Receivable would be:

$80,000

$40,000

$18,000

$62,000

At the beginning of 2015, Peter Dots has the following ledger balances: Allowance for Bad Debts 5,000 Accounts Receivable Bad Debts Expense 40,000 During the year, credit sales amounted to $800,000. Cash collected on credit sales amounted to $760,000, and $18,000 has been written off. At the end of the year, the company adjusted for bad debts expense using the percent-of-sales method and applied a rate, based on past history, of 2.5%. The ending balance of Accounts Receivable would be: $80,000 $40,000 $18,000 $62,000

Explanation / Answer

1)correct option is "D" - $62000

[Ending balance = beginning +sales -collection -writeoff]

                           =40000+800000-760000-18000 = 62000