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Home > Education > Homework Help > Finance & Accounting   »   Reopening an account previously written off

 
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Old Apr 6, 2008, 07:25 PM
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Reopening an account previously written off

I already know this transaction goes in the general journal (M49). How do I reopen an account that has been previously written off? Do I do a debit to accounts receivable/ the customers name and a credit to allowance for uncollectible accounts?

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Old Apr 10, 2008, 08:08 PM   #2  
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Don't know if it's too late for this... but you're correct. You're essentially un-doing the entry you did when it was written off, which was a dr to allowance and a cr to A/R. So you're entry is backwards of that and will un-do the original.
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