Question

Woulk Company has a debit balance of $8,000 in its Allowance for Doubtful Accounts before any adjustments are made at the end of the year. Based on review and aging of its accounts receivable at the end of the year, Woulk estimates that $60,000 of its receivables are uncollectible. The amount of bad debt expense which should be reported for the year is:_________.

a) $8,000.
b) $52,000.
c) $60,000.
d) $68,000.

Answer 1

D. $68,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The total amount of bad debt expense that should be reported for the year is $68,000. This is because since the company has a debit balance of $8,000 at the beginning of the year, the uncollectible of $60,000 would be added to the debit balance hence equals $68,000 which would serve as bad debt expense.