Question

An aging of a company's accounts receivables indicates that the estimate of uncollectible receivables totals $7,900. If the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a $700 credit balance, the adjustment to record the bad debt expense for the period will require a

Answer 1

Debit to Bad Debt Expense Account for $7,200

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the information given we were told that the company accounts receivable shows the estimate of uncollectible receivables of the amount of $7,900 which means that if the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has an amount of $700 as a credit balance, the adjustment to record the bad debt expense will be :

Debit to Bad Debt Expense account for the amount $7,200 calculate as :

Uncollectible receivables totals $7,900-Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $700 =$7,200

(7,900 - 700 )