Question

In 2018, Sheridan Company had credit sales of $894000. On January 1, 2018, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts had a credit balance of $22300. During 2018, $35900 of uncollectible accounts receivable were written off. Past experience indicates that the allowance balance should be 10% of the accounts receivable become uncollectible. What should be the required adjustment to the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at December 31, 2018 if the ending accounts receivable balance was $235000?

Answer 1

$37,100

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the adjustment made to Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is shown below:

= Ending account receivable balance × uncollectible percentage - credit balance of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts + written off amount

= $235,000 × 10% - $22,300 + $35,900

= $23,500 - $22,300 + $35,900

= $37,100

We simply applied the above formula so that the adjustment amount could arrive