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$($b$.)$ Collections on account, $$135,000.$

$\backslash$table$[[$Date$,$Accounts and Explanation,Debit,Credit$],[2024,,,],[$Jan$.,$Cash,$135,000,],[,$Accounts Receivable,,$135,000],[,,,],[,,,],[,$Collected cash on account.,,$]]$

$($c$.)$ Write$-$offs of uncollectible receivables, $$2,300.$

$\backslash$table$[[$Date$,$Accounts and Explanation,Debit,Credit$],[2024,,,],[$Jan$.,$Allowance for Bad Debts,$2,300,],[,$Accounts Receivable,,$2,300],[,,,],[,$Wrote off uncollectible accounts.,,$],[,,,]]$

Requirement $2.$ Post Hilltop's transactions to the Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Bad Debts T$-$accounts.

Enter the beginning balances and the journal entries, and then compute the unadjusted balance of each account.

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a$.$ Sales of $$185,000($ $$164,000$ on account; $$21,000$ for cash$).$ Ignore Cost of Goods Sold.

b$.$ Collections on account, $$135,000.$

c$.$ Write$-$offs of uncollectible receivables, $$2,300.$

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Journalize Hilltop's transactions that occurred during January. The company uses the allowance method.

Post Hilltop's transactions to the Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Bad Debts T$-$accounts.

Journalize Hilltop's adjustment to record bad debts expense assuming Hilltop estimates bad debts as $3\%$ of credit sales on January $31,2024.$ Post the adjustment to the appropriate T$-$accounts.

Show how Hilltop Flagpoles will report net accounts receivable on its January $31,2024,$ balance sheet.

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