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if one makes a ‘specific allowance’ for a doubtful debt what are the debit and credit entries
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Dr Allowance for receivablesor
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It’s the same as a general allowance:
Dr Bad Debt Expense
Cr Allowance for Doubtful debtsThe transactions you list above are the common trick- wrong answers. (‘Distractors’ in ACCA jargon).
‘Specific allowance’ means we go through our list of debtors and find individual accounts that are higher risk (e.g. over 90 days late) than the others.
These get a ‘specific allowance’ at a higher rate.
The remaining accounts get lumped together, and then they get the ‘general allowance’ rate.
Either way, the debits and credits are the same. They are just at different rates.
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Thank you for that clarification……. It was helpful……!
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