Hello,

My name is Karen an I am a graduate student for Master's of Social Administration, and I have a hard time grasping financial accounting I need help.

My question is accounts receivable account that shows a debit balance of 104,000 at the end of the year. An aging analysis of individual accounts indicates estimated uncollectable accounts 6,700. I need to prepare an entry to record the uncollectable accounts expense under each of the following independent assumptions: allowances for uncollectible accounts has a credit balance of 800 before adjudstment and allowance for uncollectible accounts has a debit balance of 800 before adjustment. What will the balance of allowance for uncollectible accounts after each of these adjustments?

The balance of uncollectible accounts by definition must be 6,700 in both of your assumptions.

In the first case you must DEBIT the
Uncollectible account by 7,500.
In the second case you must DEBIT the
Uncollectible account by 5,900.

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