Starboy Company has the following data relating to accounts receivable for the year ended December...

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Starboy Company has the following data relating to accounts receivable for the year ended December 31, 2022:

Accounts receivable, January 1, 2022

P 480,000

Allowance for doubtful accounts, 1/1/22

28,600

Cash sales

300,000

Sales on account, terms: 2/10, 1/15, n/30

2,560,000

Cash received from customers during the year

2,400,000

Accounts written off during the year

17,600

Cash refunds given to cash customers for sales returns and allowances

15,000

Credit memoranda issued to credit customers for sales returns and allowances

25,000

The P2,400,000 collection is composed of the following:

Collection from customers availing the 10-day discount period:

Gross selling price

P 1,440,000

Discount taken (1,440,000 x 2%)

( 28,800)

P 1,411,200

Collection from customers availing the 15-day discount period:

Gross selling price

800,000

Discount taken (800,000 x 1%)

( 8,000)

792,000

Collection from customers paying beyond the discount period:

192,000

Collection of accounts previously written and subsequent recovered

4,800

Total collection of accounts receivable for 2022

P 2,400,000

Starboys year-end balance of allowance for doubtful accounts was estimated to be 5% of the outstanding accounts receivable as at December 31, 2022.

The allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2022 is

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