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Blossom Ltd. has been in business for several years and has the following information for its operations which ended
December 31,2024:
Total sales for the year were $3,560,000, of which 60% were on account.
The company estimates that total expected credit losses at December 31,2024 will be $96,120.
Blossom Ltd. began the year with $650,000 in accounts receivable and a normal credit to the allowance for
expected credit losses of $68,000.
Blossom Ltd. writes off customer accounts that have been outstanding for more than 120 days. During the
year, accounts with a carrying amount of $77,000 reached the 120-day mark and were written off.
The company uses a collection agency to try to collect accounts that have been written off. The collection
agency was able to collect $22,000 from customers whose accounts had previously been written off.
During the year the company collected $1,820,000 of its accounts receivable.
Prepare a summary journal entry for the credit sales and journal entries to record the above transactions on the
books of Blossom Ltd. on December 31,2024.(Credit account titles are automatically indented when
amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the
account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. List all debit entries before credit entries.)
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
(To record credit sales)
(To recognize the credit losses)
(To write off accounts judged uncollectible)
(To reinstate an account that was previously
written off)(To record subsequent collection of accounts
that were previously written off)
(To record collection of accounts receivable)
Calculate the Dec. 31,2024 balances for Accounts receivable and the Allowance for Expected Credit Losses.
Accounts receivable
Allowance for expected credit losses
$
How would accounts receivable be presented on the statement of financial position at December 31,2023 and
2024?
BLOSSOM LTD.
Statement of Financial Position (Partial)
2024
$
$
Net Accounts Receivable
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