At December 31, 2013, Obermeyer Imports reported the following information on its balance sheet.
|
Accounts receivable |
$250,000 |
|
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts |
15,000 |
During 2014, the company had the following transactions related to receivables.
|
$2,600,000 |
|
45,000 |
|
2,250,000 |
|
10,000 |
|
3,000 |
Instructions
(a)Prepare the journal entries to record each of these five transactions. Assume that no cash discounts were taken on the collections of accounts receivable.
(b)Enter the January 1, 2014, balances in Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. Post the entries to the two accounts (use T-accounts), and determine the balances.
(c)Prepare the journal entry to record bad debt expense for 2014, assuming that an aging of accounts receivable indicates that estimated bad debts are $22,000.
(d)Compute the accounts receivable turnover for the year 2014.