Question

The Reingold Hat Company uses the allowance method to account for bad debts. During 2018, the company recorded $800,000 in credit sales. At the end of 2018, account balances were: Accounts receivable, $120,000; Allowance for uncollectible accounts, $3,000 (credit). If bad debt expense is estimated to be 3% of credit sales, the appropriate adjusting entry will include a debit to bad debt expense of:

Answer 1

$24,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Since in the question it is given that the 3% of credit sales is considered to be a bad debt expense

where,

Credit sales is $800,000

And, the estimated percentage is 3%

So by considering this above information, the amount debited to bad debt expense is

= $800,000 × 3%

= $24,000

All the other information i.e to be given is not relevant. Hence, ignored it