Question

Trophy Fish Company supplies flies and fishing gear to sporting goods stores and outfitters throughout the western United States. The accounts receivable clerk for Trophy Fish prepared the following partially completed aging of receivables schedule as of the end of business on December 31, 2015:

1			Not	Days Past Due	Days Past Due	Days Past Due	Days Past Due	Days Past Due
2			Past
3	Customer	Balance	Due	1-30	31-60	61-90	91-120	Over 120
4	AAA Outfitters	20,700.00	20,700.00
5	Brown Trout Fly Shop	7,100.00			7,100.00
6	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~	~~~~~
7
8	Zigs Fish Adventures	3,900.00		3,900.00
9	Subtotals	1,307,400.00	756,200.00	292,000.00	118,400.00	41,000.00	18,100.00	81,700.00

The following accounts were unintentionally omitted from the aging schedule:

Customer	Due Date	Balance
Adams Sports & Flies	May 22, 2015	$5,100
Blue Dun Flies	Oct. 10, 2015	5,400
Cicada Fish Co.	Sept. 29, 2015	8,200
Deschutes Sports	Oct. 20, 2015	7,100
Green River Sports	Nov. 7, 2015	3,000
Smith River Co.	Nov. 28, 2015	2,600
Western Trout Company	Dec. 7, 2015	6,600
Wolfe Sports	Jan. 20, 2016	4,900

Trophy Fish has a past history of uncollectible accounts by age category, as follows:

Age Class	Percent Uncollectible
Not past due	1%
1–30 days past due	3
31–60 days past due	9
61–90 days past due	32
91–120 days past due	41
Over 120 days past due	85

	Required:
1.	Determine the number of days past due for each of the preceding accounts. If an account is not past due, enter a zero.
2.	Complete the aging of receivables schedule by adding the omitted accounts to the bottom of the schedule and updating the totals.
3.	Estimate the allowance for doubtful accounts, based on the aging of receivables schedule.
4.	Assume that the allowance for doubtful accounts for Trophy Fish Company has a debit balance of $4,400 before adjustment on December 31, 2015. Journalize the adjusting entry for uncollectible accounts. Refer to the chart of accounts for a listing of the account titles the company uses.
5.	Assume that the adjusting entry in (4) was inadvertently omitted, how would the omission affect the balance sheet and income statement?

Answer 1

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