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Corporate Financial Accounting 14th Edition by Carl Warren,James Reeve,Jonathan Duchac
Edition 14ISBN: 978-1305653535Corporate Financial Accounting 14th Edition by Carl Warren,James Reeve,Jonathan Duchac
Edition 14ISBN: 978-1305653535 Exercise 28
Entries for bad debt expense under the direct write-off and allowance methods
The following selected transactions were taken from the records of Shipway Company for the first year of its operations ending December 31:
A. Journalize the transactions under the direct write-off method.
B. Journalize the transactions under the allowance method. Shipway Company uses the percent of credit sales method of estimating uncollectible accounts expense. Based on past history and industry averages, ¾% of credit sales are expected to be uncollectible. Shipway recorded $3,778,000 of credit sales during the year.
C. How much higher (lower) would Shipway Company's net income have been under the direct write-off method than under the allowance method?
The following selected transactions were taken from the records of Shipway Company for the first year of its operations ending December 31:
A. Journalize the transactions under the direct write-off method.
B. Journalize the transactions under the allowance method. Shipway Company uses the percent of credit sales method of estimating uncollectible accounts expense. Based on past history and industry averages, ¾% of credit sales are expected to be uncollectible. Shipway recorded $3,778,000 of credit sales during the year.
C. How much higher (lower) would Shipway Company's net income have been under the direct write-off method than under the allowance method?
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