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Exercise 9-05 a-c The ledger of Blossom Company at the end of the current year shows Accounts Receivable $138,000, Sales Revenue $841,000, and Sales Returns and Allowances $26,000. Journalize the following independent situations. If Blossom uses the direct write-off method to account for uncollectible accounts, journalize the adjusting entry at December 31, assuming Blossom determines that L. Dole's $2,100 balance is uncollectible. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit Dec. 31 SHOW LIST OF ACCOUNTS LINK TO TEXT If Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of $2,900 in the trial balance, journalize the adjusting entry at December 31, assuming bad debts are expected to be 11% of accounts receivable. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit Dec. 31 SHOW LIST OF ACCOUNTS LINK TO TEXT If Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a debit balance of $240 in the trial balance, journalize the adjusting entry at December 31, assuming bad debts are expected to be 8% of accounts receivable. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit Dec. 31 Click if you would like to Show Work for this question: Open Show Work

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Date	General Journal	Debit	Credit
Dec.31	Bad debt expense	$2,100
	Accounts receivable		$2,100
Dec.31	Bad debt expense (138,000*11%)15,180-2,900	$12,280
	Allowance for doubtful accounts		$12,280
Dec.31	Bad debt expense $240+11,040 (138,000*8%)	$11,280
	Allowance for doubtful accounts		$11,280