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Blue Skies Equipment Company uses the aging approach to estimate bad debt expense at the end of each accounting year. Credit sales occur frequently on terms n/60. The balance of each account receivable is aged on the basis of three time periods as follows: (1) not yet due, (2) up to one year past due, and (3) more than one year past due. Experience has shown that for each age group, the average loss rate on the amount of the receivable at year-end due to uncollectibility is (a) 9 percent, (b) 12 percent, and (c) 35 percent, respectively.
At December 31, 2019 (end of the current accounting year), the Accounts Receivable balance was $49,900 and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts balance was $1,000 (credit). In determining which accounts have been paid, the company applies collections to the oldest sales first. To simplify, only five customer accounts are used; the details of each on December 31, 2019, follow:
B. BrownAccount Receivable
Date
Explanation
Debit
Credit
Balance
03/11/2018
Sale
14,200
14,200
06/30/2018
Collection
4,300
9,900
01/31/2019
Collection
4,700
5,200
D. DonaldsAccount Receivable
Date
Explanation
Debit
Credit
Balance
02/28/2019
Sale
21,100
21,100
04/15/2019
Collection
8,500
12,600
11/30/2019
Collection
4,500
8,100
N. NapierAccount Receivable
Date
Explanation
Debit
Credit
Balance
11/30/2019
Sale
8,900
8,900
12/15/2019
Collection
1,900
7,000
S. StrothersAccount Receivable
Date
Explanation
Debit
Credit
Balance
03/02/2017
Sale
5,300
5,300
04/15/2017
Collection
5,300
0
09/01/2018
Sale
10,500
10,500
10/15/2018
Collection
3,700
6,800
02/01/2019
Sale
22,300
29,100
03/01/2019
Collection
7,200
21,900
12/31/2019
Sale
3,200
25,100
T. ThomasAccount Receivable
Date
Explanation
Debit
Credit
Balance
12/30/2019
Sale
4,500
4,500
Required:
1. Compute the total accounts receivable in each age category.
Not yet Due______
Up to one year past due______
More than one year past due____
Total accounts recieveable___
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