Bad Debt: Aging of Accounts Receivable Method
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- This video reviews the Aging of Accounts Receivable Method to calculate bad debt expense and allowance for doubtful accounts. T-accounts are used to figure out the amount that should go into the journal entries. Examples are completed for a credit balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and a debit balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. Journal entries are also shown.
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6 years later and this video just helped me before my accounting exam. thank you for actually being a good teacher and making it simple to understand!
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Thank you!!! This problem has confused me for so long!! Your T-account explained a lot!! Thank you!!
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Thank you that was very helpful and now i understand using the t accounts with the aging of accounts receivable method!
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Thank you for the clear explanation! I'm a bit confused as to what the unknown (number you solved for in the t-account) represents. Is it the bad debt expense that was incurred during the period but didn't necessarily record? And is the bad debt expense only recorded at the end of the period?
It's bad debt.
Bad debt is typically recording quarterly by public companies so they can have complete statements.
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I'm working on some short chapters for these topics. You can also check out my website: AccountingInFocus.com. I have some short written tutorials there. Good luck with your class!
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How would Allowance for doubtful accounts have a debit balance? Thank you, this was super helpful for me as well
Arjun Kataria Whenever an account is written off, Allowance for doubtful accounts is debited and Accounts receivable is credited. If too many accounts are written off during the year, it is possible for Allowance for doubtful accounts to go into a debit balance. When that happens, we know that the company did not estimate enough bad debt.
Hello there, why is it that we put bad debt expense on the right side if we need to debit it?
Because we don't debit it in all cases. Sometimes you must credit it.
Brilliant.
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Hello, What would you do if you also had 1000 was written off as uncollectible and a total of 500 which was previously written off was recovered. How would that affect the bad debt account? So you have a beginning balance of 400(credit side of T account), you calculate and know your new allowance for doubtful account is 6910. Is the 500 a debit on the T account and the 1000 is a credit on the T account so now your bad debt expense = 6010? I just have a more complex question that includes a beginning balance, an amount that is written off and an amount that is recovered and they want us to find the bad debt expense but I am getting confused which is on which side of the t-account.
I watched your other Bad debt videos, sooooo helpful! Excellent job. I think I get it. If I am following balance sheet method and I have a T-account for Allowance for doubtful accounts I put the starting balance in which in my question stated its a credit so right side of T-account. Then I put the amount that is written off on left side of T-account, then amount that is recovered on right side of T-account. Then the bad debt amount is the amount I need to get to final total.
You always want to get the most up-to-date balance before doing your calculations. Once you have the account balance, figure out the amount for the adjusting entries.
Why is it that normally for the bad debt expense account it is debited, and for the allowance for doubtful accounts is credited? Is it bc allowance for doubtful accounts is an estimation?
It's because the allowance is a contra asset account which lowers the net value of accounts receivable. In order to lower the value, it must be the opposite normal balance, credit rather than a debit (which is the normal balance for an asset).
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Can you explain please when we are taking % of A/R why we are arriving at ending balance of Allowance. I am just confused with the logic of it.
ahh I got it , Coz A/R includes the balance of previous period as well.
+M Nauman Yes! I'm glad you were about to figure it out! Way to go!
Please help me figure out return on assets and profit margin with this information: Bakely Company reports the following information (in millions) during a recent year: net sales, $12,832.1; net earnings, $382.2; total assets, ending, $5,186.9; and total assets, beginning, $4,302.1.
(a) Calculate the (1) return on assets, (2) asset turnover, and (3) profit margin. (Round answers to 1 decimal place, e.g. 6.2% and 6.2.)
My understanding is: return on assets is calculated by net income/avg total assets and Profit Margin is calculated by net income/net sales
I was able to figure out the asset turnover with the information provided, but I cannot for the life of me figure out net income with the information that this problem gave me. Help!
+Trinda martin wolfe net earnings is another term for net income
awww, the use of multiple terms for one thing trips me up every time. Thank you!
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I wasn’t given the history or percentage not collected by the company,I was only given “makes all sales on a 30 days credit” I’m going bannanas 😡😡
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