Guinevere Company has the following data extracted from its Accounts Receivable records at June 30,2011...

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Guinevere Company has the following data extracted from its Accounts Receivable records at June 30,2011
Customer Balance Current 31-75 days Over 75 days
A $ 8,000 $ 5,000 $ 2,000 $ 1,000
B $ 2,000- $ 2,000-
C $ 4,000 $ 4,000--
D $ 9,000 $ 2,000 $ 1,000 $ 6,000
E $ 3,000 $ 2,000- $ 1,000
F $ 6,000 $ 6,000--
G $ 7,000 $ 3,000 $ 3,000 $ 1,000
Totals $ 39,000 $ 22,000 $ 8,000 $ 9,000
Guinevere's sales terms are 1/15 n/30 and it records sales at the gross amount of the invoice.
Guinevere's year end is June 30
The unadjusted balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at June 30 is $8,000 dr.
Guinevere makes average sales of $2,000,000 per year and averages write offs of uncollectible balances of $100,000 per year.
Sales for the year ended June 30,2010 are $1,400,000 credit sales and $400,000 cash sales
Guinevere has a very conservative receivables management strategy.
No adjusting entries have been recorded at June 30
Assume that Guinevere does an aging analysis and adjusts its Allowance to a $20,000 credit balance on June 30 and on July 4 it reads in the Toronto Star that customer F has gone bankrupt. Guinevere should:
Multiple Choice
Make an entry debiting bad debt expense for $10,000
Say some unprintable words but make no accounting entry
Make an entry crediting bad debt expense for $6,000
Make an entry debiting bad debt expense for $6,000
None of the other are correct statements

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