Answer:
b.a debit to Bad Debt Expense for $3,250 under the direct method rather than a debit to Allowance for Doubtful Accounts for $3,250 under the allowance method
Explanation:
a debit to Bad Debt Expense for $3,250 under the direct method rather than a debit to Accounts Receivable for $3,250 under the allowance method
FALSE if we debit A/R we are increasing it and the goal of the write-off is to reduce that account
b.a debit to Bad Debt Expense for $3,250 under the direct method rather than a debit to Allowance for Doubtful Accounts for $3,250 under the allowance method
CORRECT As the allowance will not recognize baddebt during a write-off it will only do it at year-end or end-of-.the-month adjusting entries.
c.a credit to Accounts Receivable for $3,250 under the direct method rather than a credit to Allowance for Doubtful Accounts for $3,250 under the allowance method
FALSE under both method we credit A/R as we need to decrease it to recognize the write-off
d.a debit to Cash for $2,250 under the direct method rather than a credit to Cash for $2,250 under the allowance method
FALSE The write-off will consider the remaining balance not the collected amount