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At 30 June 20X5 a company’s allowance for receivables was $39,000. At 30 June 20X6 trade receivables totalled $517,000. It was decided to write off irrecoverable debts totalling $37,000 and to adjust the allowance for receivables to the equivalent of 5% of the trade receivables based on past events.
What figure should appear in the statement of profit or loss for the year ended 30 June 20X6 for these items?
Q> how do you do this question? I keep getting the wrong answer.
I explain how to do it in my free lectures.
If you type your solution then I will explain why you are getting the wrong answer 🙂
I have but I must have missed something
My workings:
carry amount at end of period $517,000 – irrecoverable debt of $37,000 to get the net receivables.
then net receivables x 5% to get allowance for this period and then subtract that from the net receivables.
The charge in the SOPL is the irrecoverable debt less the decrease in the allowance over the year.
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