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Irrevocable debts

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  • This topic has 11 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • March 15, 2016 at 7:02 pm #306524
    harry1094
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    Question:
    “Panther owns her own business selling Gladiator dolls to department stores. At 30 June 20X2 she had the following balances in her books:

    Trade receivables $31,450
    Allowance for receivables (General) (as at 1 July 20X1) $(450)

    A balance of $1,000 due from Selfrodges Co is considered irrecoverable and is to be written off. Horrids Co was in financial difficulty and Panther wished to allow for 60% of their balance of $800. She also decided to make a general allowance of 10% on her remaining trade receivables. What was the allowance for receivables in her statement of financial position at 30 June 20X2?”

    Answers of the book:
    “General allowance =10%*((Trade receivables – irrevocable debts) – Horrids) = 10%*((31.45 – 1) – 0.8) = 2.965
    Specific allowance = 0.8 * 60% = 0.48
    Total allowance = 3.445”

    I don’t know why they could calculate the “general allowance” by the formular above, and this is my answer:
    “General allowance = 10%*((Trade receivables – irrevocable debts) – specific allowance of Horrids) = 10%*((31.45 – 1) – 0.8 * 60%) = 2.997
    Specific allowance = 0.8 * 60% = 0.48
    Total allowance = 3.477”

    Please tell me why BPP Revision kit used this method to find out the answer, thank you so much.

    March 16, 2016 at 6:35 am #306557
    John Moffat
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    If they are allowing for 60% of Horrid’s debt, then presumably they think that the other 40% is no problem, therefore they will not want 10% of that as well – it would be allowing for it twice 🙂

    (By the way, the word is ‘irrecoverable’ not ‘irrevocable’ 🙂 )

    March 16, 2016 at 11:42 am #306645
    harry1094
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    Thank you, I got it. The key point here is to avoid double record.

    March 16, 2016 at 12:34 pm #306656
    augustinenyoni
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    Irrecoverable Debts

    May you please clarify for me why answer to Test question # 2 is $139.2 instead of $98.40

    March 16, 2016 at 12:36 pm #306657
    harry1094
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    May I help you, I dont understand your question

    March 16, 2016 at 12:45 pm #306659
    augustinenyoni
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    at 31 Dec 2005 the ledger of X Co. included a $5.376 allowance for receivables. During the year ended 31 Dec 2006 irrecoverable debts of $2040 were written off . Receivables balance at 31 Dec 2006 totaled $173760 and the company wished to carry forward a general allowance of 2%.
    The total charge for irrecoverable debts and change in allowance for receivables in the 2006 statement of Profit or Loss is

    A $98.4
    B $139.2
    C $3.904.8
    D $5.515.2

    March 16, 2016 at 1:02 pm #306662
    harry1094
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    For your question,
    Total charge to P&L = 2040 + (173760 * 0.02 – 5376) = $139.2

    Because:
    Allowance for receivable for the year X6 = 173760 * 0.02
    The receivables balance at 31 Dec 2006 is “Net receivables after deducting irrecoverable debts occurred during the fiscal year”

    March 16, 2016 at 3:04 pm #306678
    John Moffat
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    harry1094 is correct (but please don’t answer questions in this forum because it is Ask the Tutor (although do help people in the other forum 🙂 )

    March 16, 2016 at 3:17 pm #306681
    harry1094
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    Yep, I got it, I dont make a same mistake again in the future 😉

    March 16, 2016 at 3:20 pm #306683
    John Moffat
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    No problem 🙂

    March 17, 2016 at 5:37 am #306723
    augustinenyoni
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    THANKS VERY MUCH

    March 17, 2016 at 6:44 am #306750
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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