Question

Wellington Corp. has outstanding accounts receivable at year end totaling $6,500,000 and had sales on credit during the year of $22,000,000. There is also a positive balance of $12,000 in the allowance for doubtful accounts. If the company estimates that 8% of its outstanding receivables will be uncollectible, and the company uses the percent of receivables method, what will be the amount of bad debt expense recognized for the year

Answer 1

Answer: $520,000

Explanation:

A bad debt expense occurs when an economic entity which could be an individual or firm cannot collect a receivable because the said customer can't meet their obligations anymore.

The amount of bad debt expense recognized for the year will be the outstanding accounts receivable at year end multiplied by the percentage of uncollectible outstanding receivables. This will be:

= 8% × $6,500,000

= 8/100 × $6,500,000

= 0.08 × $6,500,000

= $520,000