Question

Lynx Corp. The data presented below for Lynx Corp. are for the year ended December 31, 2017: Sales (100% on credit) $1,000,000 Sales returns 30,000 Accounts receivable (December 31, 2017) 170,000 Allowance for doubtful accounts (credit balance) (before adjustment at December 31, 2017) 1,300 Estimated amount of uncollectible accounts based on aging analysis 14,000 See the data for Lynx Corp. If Lynx Corp. uses the aging of accounts receivable approach to estimate its bad debts, what amount will be reported as bad debts expense for 2017

Answer 1

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 69,000

Explanation:

If the company estimates its bad debt to be 2% of net credit sales:

sales 2,500,000

return and allowance (50,000)

net sales 2,450,000

Then, we calculate 2% of this amount:

2,450,000 x 0.02 = 49,000

As the uncollectible amounts are related to sales rather than account receivable we adjust for the full value giving an ending value of:

beginning 20,000 + adjustment 49,000 = 69,000