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Days Past Due
Customer	Balance	Not Past Due	1-30	31-60	61-90	91-120	over 120
Subtotals	553,900	307,500	132,900	60,900	20,500	18,300	13,800

The following accounts were unintentionally omitted from the aging schedule:

Customer	Due Date		Balance
Arcade Beauty		May 28, 20Y1	$3,000
Creative Images		Sept. 7, 20Y1	6,200
Excel Hair Products		Oct. 17, 20Y1	800
First Class Hair Care		Oct. 24, 20Y1	2,100
Golden Images		Nov. 23, 20Y1	700
Oh The Hair		Nov. 29, 20Y1	3,600
One Stop Hair Designs		Dec. 2, 20Y1	2,300
Visions Hair and Nail		Jan. 5, 20Y2	7,600

Wig Creations has a past history of uncollectible accounts by age category, as follows:

Age Class	Percent Uncollectible
Not past due	2	%
1-30 days past due	4
31-60 days past due	12
61-90 days past due	18
91-120 days past due	40
Over 120 days past due	85

Required:

1. Determine the number of days past due for each of the preceding accounts. If an account is not past due, enter a zero.

Customer	Due Date	Number of Days Past Due
Arcade Beauty	May 28, 20Y1	days
Creative Images	Sept. 7, 20Y1	days
Excel Hair Products	Oct. 17, 20Y1	days
First Class Hair Care	Oct. 24, 20Y1	days
Golden Images	Nov. 23, 20Y1	days
Oh The Hair	Nov. 29, 20Y1	days
One Stop Hair Designs	Dec. 2, 20Y1	days
Visions Hair and Nail	Jan. 5, 20Y2	days

2. Complete the aging of receivables schedule by adding the omitted accounts to the bottom of the schedule and updating the totals. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

Wig Creations Company
Aging of Receivables Schedule
December 31, 20Y1
Customer	Balance	Not Past Due	Days Past Due 1-30	Days Past Due 31-60	Days Past Due 61-90	Days Past Due 91-120	Days Past Due Over 120
Subtotals
Arcade Beauty
Creative Images
Excel Hair Products
First Class Hair Care
Golden Images
Oh The Hair
One Stop Hair Designs
Visions Hair and Nail
Total
Percent uncollectible		2%	4%	12%	18%	40%	85%
Estimate of uncollectible accounts

3. Estimate the allowance for doubtful accounts, based on the aging of receivables schedule. $

4. Assume that the allowance for doubtful accounts for Wig Creations has a credit balance of $1,820 before adjustment on December 31, 20Y1. Journalize the adjustment for uncollectible accounts.

5. Assume that the adjusting entry in (4) was inadvertently omitted, how would the omission affect the balance sheet and income statement?

On the balance sheet, assets would be by because the allowance for doubtful accounts would be by . In addition, the owners capital account would be by because bad debt expense would be and net income by on the income statement.

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