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Trophy Fish Company supplies flies and fishing gear products to sporting goods stores and outfitters throughout the western United States. The accounts receivable clerk for Trophy Fish prepared the following partially completed aging of receivables schedule as of the end of business on December 31, 20Y7:
Not
Days Past Due
Past
Customer
Balance
Due
1-30
31-60
61-90
91-120
Over 120
AAA Outfitters
20,900
20,900
Brown Trout Fly Shop
7,400
7,400
Zigs Fish Adventures
3,600
3,600
Subtotals
1,307,800
759,500
281,400
125,000
37,500
24,600
79,800
The following accounts were unintentionally omitted from the aging schedule:
Customer
Due Date
Balance
Adams Sports and Flies
May 22
$4,600
Blue Dun Flies
Oct. 10
4,800
Cicada Fish Co.
Sept. 29
8,300
Deschutes Sports
Oct. 20
7,200
Green River Sports
Nov. 7
3,900
Smith River Co.
Nov. 28
2,700
Western Trout Company
Dec. 7
6,400
Wolfe Sports
Jan. 20
4,100
Trophy Fish has a past history of uncollectible accounts by age category, as follows:
Age Class
Percent Uncollectible
Not past due
1
%
1-30 days past due
2
31-60 days past due
11
61-90 days past due
30
91-120 days past due
39
Over 120 days past due
77
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
Adams Sports and Flies
May 22
days
Blue Dun Flies
Oct. 10
days
Cicada Fish Co.
Sept. 29
days
Deschutes Sports
Oct. 20
days
Green River Sports
Nov. 7
days
Smith River Co.
Nov. 28
days
Western Trout Company
Dec. 7
days
Wolfe Sports
Jan. 20
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.
Trophy Fish Company
Aging of Receivables Schedule
December 31, 20Y7
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
AAA Outfitters
20,900
20,900
Brown Trout Fly Shop
7,400
7,400
Zigs Fish Adventures
3600
3600
Subtotals
1,307,800
759,500
281,400
125,000
37,500
24,600
79,800
Adams Sports and Flies
Blue Dun Flies
Cicada Fish Co.
Deschutes Sports
Green River Sports
Smith River Co.
Western Trout Company
Wolfe Sports
Totals
Percent uncollectible (%)
%
%
%
%
%
%
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 Trophy Fish has a credit balance of $4,000 before adjustment on December 31, 20Y7. Journalize the adjustment for uncollectible accounts.
Dec. 31
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 stockholders equity (retained earnings) would be by $ because bad debt expense would be and net income by $ on the income statement.
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