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Wig Creations Company supplies wigs and hair care products to beauty salons throughout Texas and the Southwest. The accounts receivable clerk for Wig Creations prepared the following partially completed aging of receivables schedule as of the end of business on December 31, 20Y1:
Days Past Due
Customer
Balance
Not Past Due
1-30
31-60
61-90
91-120
over 120
Subtotals
642,700
356,700
154,200
70,700
23,800
21,200
16,100
The following accounts were unintentionally omitted from the aging schedule:
Customer
Due Date
Balance
Arcade Beauty
May 28, 20Y1
$2,700
Creative Images
Sept. 7, 20Y1
5,700
Excel Hair Products
Oct. 17, 20Y1
800
First Class Hair Care
Oct. 24, 20Y1
1,900
Golden Images
Nov. 23, 20Y1
600
Oh The Hair
Nov. 29, 20Y1
3,300
One Stop Hair Designs
Dec. 2, 20Y1
2,100
Visions Hair and Nail
Jan. 5, 20Y2
7,000
Wig Creations 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
3
31-60 days past due
10
61-90 days past due
15
91-120 days past due
35
Over 120 days past due
75
Required:
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
Arcade Beauty
May 28, 20Y1
days
Creative Images
Sept. 7, 20Y1
days
Excel Hair Products
Oct. 17, 20Y1
days
First Class Hair Care
Oct. 24, 20Y1
days
Golden Images
Nov. 23, 20Y1
days
Oh The Hair
Nov. 29, 20Y1
days
One Stop Hair Designs
Dec. 2, 20Y1
days
Visions Hair and Nail
Jan. 5, 20Y2
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.
Wig Creations Company
Aging of Receivables Schedule
December 31, 20Y1
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
Subtotals
Arcade Beauty
Creative Images
Excel Hair Products
First Class Hair Care
Golden Images
Oh The Hair
One Stop Hair Designs
Visions Hair and Nail
Total
Percent uncollectible
1%
3%
10%
15%
35%
75%
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 Wig Creations has a credit balance of $1,620 before adjustment on December 31, 20Y1. Journalize the adjustment for uncollectible accounts.
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 owners capital account would be by because bad debt expense would be and net income by on the income statement.
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