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The Family Place Kitchen is a small chain of kitchen remodeling stores. The company's year-end trial balance on December 31, 20X1, included the information shown below:

Accounts Receivable	$	565,220
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (credit)		24,100

Net credit sales for 20X1 were $4,650,000. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has not yet been adjusted. Required: 1. At the end of 20X1, the following additional accounts receivable are deemed uncollectible:

Hayward Anderson	$	7,400
Richard Bennett		1,290
Donald O'Brian		4,100
Sergio Tirado		4,615
Columbus Wilkerson		3,550
Total	$	20,955

Prepare the December 31, 20X1, journal entry to write off the above accounts. Of the accounts to be charged off, $10,600 are more than 60 days past due and $10,355 are from 31 to 60 days past due. Post this transaction to the T-accounts for Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. 2. Assume that the company uses the percentage of sales method to estimate uncollectible accounts expense. After analyzing the prior years activities, management determined that losses from uncollectible accounts for 20X1 should be 0.32 percent of net credit sales. Prepare the necessary adjusting journal entry. 3. Assume that the company uses the aging of accounts receivable method. The following information was furnished by the credit manager for use in calculating the estimated loss from uncollectible accounts. The balances of accounts were computed prior to the charge-offs in item 1.

Receivable Category	Estimated Loss Rate		Balances of Accounts (before charge-offs)
Current	1.0	%		$	425,000
1-30 days past due	5.0	%			65,000
31-60 days past due	10.0	%			34,700
Over 60 days past due	40.0	%			40,520
Total				$	565,220

Compute the estimated uncollectible accounts as of December 31, 20X1.

Record the entry to write off account receivable deemed uncollectible, estimated bad-debt losses based on net credit sales, and estimate bad-debt losses based on aging of accounts receivable method.

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