Using its aging of accounts receivable, Age Old, Inc. estimates that $90,000 of its $4,000,000 of accounts receivable will be uncollectible. Prior to making its adjusting entry, the unadjusted Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a debit balance of $1,000. After the adjustment, Bad Debt Expense on the income statement will be ______ the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts on the balance sheet.Multiple choice question.less thanthe same asgreater than
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Using its aging of accounts receivable, Age Old, Inc. estimates that 4,000,000 of accounts receivable will be uncollectible. Prior to making its adjusting entry, the unadjusted Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a debit balance of $1,000. After the adjustment, Bad Debt Expense on the income statement will be ______ the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts on the balance sheet.Multiple choice question.less thanthe same asgreater than
Solution
The answer is "greater than".
Here's the step-by-step explanation:
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Age Old, Inc. estimates that $90,000 of its accounts receivable will be uncollectible. This is the amount they expect not to be able to collect.
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The unadjusted Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a debit balance of $1,000. This is the amount they have already set aside for uncollectible accounts.
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When they make their adjusting entry, they will need to add the estimated uncollectible amount (1,000).
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This means the adjusted Allowance for Doubtful Accounts will be 90,000 + $1,000).
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The Bad Debt Expense on the income statement is the amount of the adjustment, which is $90,000.
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Therefore, after the adjustment, the Bad Debt Expense (91,000) on the balance sheet.
However, the question asks what the Bad Debt Expense will be in relation to the unadjusted Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (before the adjustment). Before the adjustment, the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is 90,000) is much greater than this amount.
So, the answer is "greater than".
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