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Doubtful debts

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA FA – FIA FFA › Doubtful debts

  • This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 8 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • July 23, 2016 at 10:36 pm #328562
    Abror
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    Good evevning Mr John…The thing I cant understand is when we receive cash from our debtors, the general allowance will change too..
    For example if I had £1000 receivables my general allowance percentage is 10%…So it means I probably dont get 100…But when I receive cash of 100, that figure of 100, decrease to 90….
    Why is that…..100 shouldn’t be changed……So frustrating..so confusing…

    Thank you sir…

    July 24, 2016 at 8:00 am #328578
    John Moffat
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    The general allowance is always a % of however much is owed by receivables at the end of the year.

    If the general allowance is 10%, then if at the end of a year we have receivables of $1,000 then we want an allowance of $100.
    If, on the other hand, receivables at the end of the year are only $900 then we want an allowance of $90.

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