Question

At the close of its first year of operations, December 31, 2017, Ming Company had accounts receivable of $1,620,000, after deducting the related allowance for doubtful accounts. During 2017, the company had charges to bad debt expense of $270,000 and wrote off, as uncollectible, accounts receivable of $120,000. What should the company report on its balance sheet at December 31, 2017, as accounts receivable before the allowance for doubtful accounts

Answer 1

$1,770,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the accounts receivables before the allowance is shown below;

= Beginning account receivable balance + Bad debt expense - Uncollectible accounts receivables

= $1,620,000 + $270,000 - $120,000

= $1,770,000

Bad debt is an expense hence would be added, whereas the account receivable which is not yet collected should be deducted in the computation part.