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- June 3, 2021 at 8:55 pm #622996
Hello,
Tim is reviewing his trade receivables at the year-end of 31 December 2018. At this date, he had a closing balance in trade receivables of $120,000. The following additional information is provided:
(i) During 2018, he wrote off bad debts of $3,000
(ii) At 01 January 2018 he had an opening balance in the allowance for receivables of $4,500
(iii) At 31 December 2018 he decides to write off a further $2,000 of bad debts
(iv) Having reviewed the remaining trade receivables he required a closing allowance for receivables
as follows:
o Specific allowance of $1,200 against two credit customers
o General allowance of 4% against the remaining credit customersHow do you calculate :
Charge for bad debts
Charge for allowance for receivables
The total charge to Income StatementThanks a lot!
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