Question

At the close of its first year of operations, December 31, 2010, Ming Company had accounts receivable of $540,000, after deducting the related allowance for doubtful accounts. During 2010, the company had charges to bad debt expense of $90,000 and wrote off, as uncollectible, accounts receivable of $40,000. What should the company report on its balance sheet at December 31, 2010, as accounts receivable before the allowance for doubtful accounts?

Answer 1

The company report on its balance sheet at December 31, 2010, as accounts receivable before the allowance for doubtful account is $590,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the accounts receivable before the allowance is shown below:

= Beginning account receivable balance + bad debt expense - uncollectible accounts receivable

= $540,000 + $90,000 - $40,000

= $590,000

The bad debt is an expense so it will be added whereas the account receivable which is not yet collected should be deducted in the computation part.