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Allowance for receivables

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  • June 3, 2021 at 8:55 pm #622996
    Rosielep
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    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 customers

    How do you calculate :
    Charge for bad debts
    Charge for allowance for receivables
    The total charge to Income Statement

    Thanks a lot!

    June 4, 2021 at 7:34 am #623056
    John Moffat
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    You can find out how to deal with everything in this question by watching our free lectures on irrecoverable debts and allowances.

    The lectures are a complete free course for Paper FA and cover everything needed to be able to pass the exam well.

    (Why are you attempting a question for which you do not have an answer? You should be using a Revision Kit from one of the ACCA Approved Publishers – they have answers and explanations
    🙂 )

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