1.) When the allowance method of recognizing bad debt expense is used, the entries at the time of collection of an account previously written off would?
a.) Increase net income
b.) Decrease total current liabilities
c.) Have no effect on total current assets
d.) Increase working capital
Journal entry will be
Cash account..................Debit
To Accounts receivable account....Credit
Cash is a current asset, debiting the cash tells us that current asset has been increased
whereas, Accounts receivable account has been credited, so it decreases the current Assets.
So, overall current assets remain same
So, No effect on total current Asset
Option 'C' is correct
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