On January 1,Year 1,Alliance Company had the following balances for accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts:
During Year,1 the company made $3,200,000 in credit sales,collected $3,000,000 of accounts receivable and wrote off $20,000 of accounts receivable as uncollected.
Required:
A) What is the company's preadjustment balance in accounts receivable on December 31 , Year 1 ?
B) What is the preadjustment balance in allowance for doubtful accounts on December 31 , Year 1?
C) Assume an analysis of aging of accounts receivable indicates that of the current accounts receivable balance is uncollected. By what amount will the allowance for doubtful accounts need to be adjusted?
Prepare the adjusting entry for Year 1 for allowance for doubtful accounts.
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