Question

PRINTER VERSION BACK NEXT Application Problem 6-5B a-c Majestic Equipment Sales Company, which sells only on account, had a $128,000 balance in its Accounts Receivable and a $4,500 credit balance in its Allowance for Doubtful Accounts on December 31, 2019. During 2020, the company's sales of equipment were $821,000 and its total cash collections from customers were $796,000. During the year, the company concluded that customers with accounts totalling $6,000 would be unable to pay, and wrote these receivables off. However, one of these customers subsequently made a payment of $850. (Note that this amount is not included in the cash collections noted above.) At the end of 2020, management decided that it would use an estimate for bad debts of 1% of its credit sales. Prepare the journal entries to record all the 2020 transactions, including the adjustment for bad debts expense at year end. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter o for the amounts.) Account Titles and Fynlanation Debit Credit

Answer 1

Majestic Equipment sales company

Statement of financial position (Partial)

As on December 31,2020

Account receivable	147000
Less: Allowance for doubtful account	-7560
Account receivable, net	139440

Bad debt expense for year = $8210