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On January 1,2012,Alliance Company Had the Following Balances for Accounts

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On January 1,2012,Alliance Company had the following balances for accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts:
Accounts receivable $ 750,000 (debit) Allowance for doubtful accounts  50,000 (credit) \begin{array}{lll} \text {Accounts receivable} &\text { \$ 750,000 (debit) } \\ \text {Allowance for doubtful accounts } &&\text { 50,000 (credit) }\end{array}

During 2012 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.
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A) What is the companys preadjustment balance in ac counts recervable on December 31,2012 ?
B) What is the preadjustment balance in allowance for doubtful accounts on December 31, 2012?
C) Assume an analysis of aging of accountsreceivable indicates that $45,000 \$ 45,000 of the current accounts receivable balance is uncollected. By what amount will the allowance for doubtful accounts need to be adjusted?
D) Prepare the adjusting entiy for 2012 for Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.

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