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Evaluating Accounts Receivable Turnover for Competitors The Procter \& Gamble Company and Colgate-Palmolive Company report the following sales and accounts receivable balances. a. Compute the accounts receivable turnover and DSO for both companies for 2018. Note: Do not round until your final answer. Note: Round your final answers to one decimal place (for example, enter 6.8 for 6.77555 ). b. Which company collects its accounts receivable more quickly? Analyzing and Reporting Receivable Transactions and Uncollectible Accounts Using Percentage-of-Sales Method to Estimate Bad Debt Expense At the beginning of the year. Penman Company had the following account balances. During the year, Penman's credit sales were $1,405,600, and collections on accounts receivable were $1,374,100. The following additional transactions occurred during the year. Feb. 17 Wrote off Bava's account, $5,740. May 28 Wrote off Reed's account. $3.360. Dec. 15 Wrote off Fischer's account, $1.610. Compute the ending balances in accounts receivable and the allowance for uncollectible accounts and show how Penman's December 31 balance sheet reports the two accounts. Note: Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar. Note: Do not use a negative sign with your answers. Interpreting the Accounts receivable Footnote Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) reports the following in its 2007 10-K report. HPQ footnotes to its 10-K provide the following additional information relating to its allowance for doubtful accounts. (a) What is the gross amount of accounts receivables for HPQ in fiscal 2008 and 2007 ? (d)Compute HPQ's write-offs as a percentage of the allowance account at the beginning of the year (Round your answers to two decimal places). 2008 write-offs as a percentage of beginning of year allowance: 0 % 2007 write-offs as a percentage of beginning of year allowance: 0 So

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