Recovery of bad debtsForums › ACCA Forums › ACCA FA Financial Accounting Forums › Recovery of bad debtsThis topic has 2 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 12 years ago by Anonymous.Viewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)AuthorPosts December 26, 2012 at 3:58 pm #22315 yantatMemberTopics: 14Replies: 6☆May I know the correct ledger entry for recovery of bad debts previously written off? December 26, 2012 at 5:47 pm #56725 arkoMemberTopics: 1Replies: 1☆Creating allowance: IDE AllowanceWriting off: Allowance A/RRecovery: Cash/A/R Allowance January 13, 2013 at 11:12 am #113100 AnonymousInactiveTopics: 0Replies: 7☆I disagree. I think it should be:Dr Trade Receivables (balance sheet) Cr Sales (income & expense a/c) Being sale made on credit to a customerDr Irrecoverable Debts Expense (income & expense a/c) Cr Trade Receivables (balance sheet) Being the write off of the debtDr Cash (balance sheet) Cr Irrecoverable Debts Expense (income & expense a/c) Being the recovery of the debtAuthorPostsViewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)You must be logged in to reply to this topic.Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In