Question

Zeta Co. reported sales revenue of $4,600,000 in its Income Statement for the year ended December 31, 20X1. Additional information is as follows: 12/31/X0 12/31/X1 Accounts receivable $1,000,000 $1,300,000 Allowance for uncollectible accounts (60,000) (110,000) Zeta wrote off uncollectible accounts totaling $20,000 during 20X1. Under the cash basis of accounting, Zeta would have reported 20X1 sales of:

Answer 1

Zeta would have reported 20X1 sales of $4,280,000.

Step-by-step explanation:

Note: the additional information in the question is correctly represented before answering the question as follows:

12/31/X0 12/31/X1

Accounts receivable $1,000,000 $1,300,000

Allowance for uncollectible accounts (60,000) (110,000)

The explanation of the answer is now given as follows:

Since sales is equal to cash collections under the cash basis of accounting, cash collected on accounts receivable can therefore be calculated as follows:

Ending balance = Beginning balance + Sales − Collections − Write-offs ......... (1)

Where;

Ending balance = $1,300,000

Beginning balance = $1,000,000

Sales = $4,600,000

Collections = ?

Write-offs = $20,000

Substituting the values into equation (1) and solve for collections, we have:

$1,300,000 = $1,000,000 + $4,600,000 − Collections − $20,000

Collections = $1,000,000 + $4,600,000 − $20,000 - $1,300,000

Collections = $4,280,000

Therefore, Zeta would have reported 20X1 sales of $4,280,000.