Question

Allegheny Company ended Year 1 with balances in Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $68,000 and $3,450, respectively. During Year 2, Allegheny wrote off $6,300 of Uncollectible Accounts. Using the percent of receivables method, Allegheny estimates that the ending Allowance for Doubtful Accounts balance should be $5,400. What amount will Allegheny report as Uncollectible Accounts Expense on its Year 2 income statement

Answer 1

$8,250

Step-by-step explanation:

Relevant data provided for compute the Uncollectible Accounts Expense is here below:-

Amount written off = $6,300

Closing balance = $5,400

Opening balance = $3,450

The computation of Uncollectible Accounts Expense is shown below:-

Uncollectible Accounts Expense = Amount written off + Closing balance - Opening balance

= $6,300 + $5,400 - $3,450

= $11,700 - $3,450

= $8,250

Therefore for computing the Uncollectible Accounts Expense we simply applied the above formula.