Answer:
accounts receivables 745,500 debit
sales revenues 745,500 credit
allowance for uncollectible account 7,831 debit
accounts receivables 7,831 credit
accounts receivables 3,184 debit
allowance for uncollectible account 3,184 credit
cash 3,184 debit
accounts receivables 3,184 credit
bad debt expense 19,397 debit
allowance for uncollectible account 19,397 credit
Explanation:
during the year trasanctions
When the accounts are wrote-off the company decreases teh allowance it doesn't recognize an expense in that moment.
If an account is recovery then is the reverse entry as a write-off for the amount we recover. Then, we post the entry like it was a normal collection.
Year-end adjustment:
allowance adjusting entry amount:
estimated allowance - current balance = bad debt expense
estimated 24,100 - (beginning 9,350 - 7,831 wrote-off + 3,184 recovery)
24,100 - 4,703 = 19,397