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Required information The following information applies to the questions displayed below.) Execusmart Consultants has provided business consulting services for several years. The company has been using the percentage of credit sales method to estimate bad debts but switched at the end of the first quarter this year to the aging of accounts receivable method. The company entered into the following partial list of transactions. a. During January, the company provided services for $370,000 on credit. b. On January 31, the company estimated bad debts using 1 percent of credit sales. c. On February 4, the company collected $185,000 of accounts receivable. d. On February 15, the company wrote off a $550 account receivable. e. During February, the company provided services for $320,000 on credit. f On February 28, the company estimated bad debts using 1 percent of credit sales. g. On March 1, the company loaned $18,000 to an employee, who signed a 9% note due in 3 months. h. On March 15, the company collected $550 on the account written off one month earlier. i. On March 31, the company accrued interest earned on the note. j. On March 31, the company adjusted for uncollectible accounts, based on the following aging analysis, which includes the preceding transactions (as well as others not listed). Prior to the adjustment, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts had an unadjusted credit balance of $9.400. Customer Arrow Ergonomics Asymmetry Architecture Others (not shown to save space) Weight Whittlers Total Accounts Receivable Estimated Uncollectible (3) Total $ 800 3.700 110,400 3,700 $118,600 Number of Days Unpaid 0-30 31-60 61-90 Over 90 $ 300 $ 200 $ 300 $3,700 42,000 56,000 6,700 5,700 3.700 $46,000 $56,200 $7,000 $9,400 48 158 256 45% 3. Show how Accounts Receivable, Notes Receivable, and their related accounts would be reported in the current assets section of a classified balance sheet at the end of the quarter on March 31. EXECUSMART CONSULTANTS Balance Sheet (Partial) At March 31 Assets Current Assets: Accounts Receivable Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Accounts Receivable. Net of Allowance Notes Receivable (short-term) Interest Receivable 18,000 135

What is the solution for accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts ?

Answer 1

		Uncollectible
Accounts Receivable	Total	%	Amount
0-30 days	$              46,000	4%	$              1,840
31-60 days	$              56,200	15%	$              8,430
61-90 days	$                7,000	25%	$              1,750
Over 90 days	$                9,400	45%	$              4,230
	$            118,600		$            16,250

Accounts Receivable = $118600
Less Allowance for Doubtful accounts = $16250 or ($16250)