exercise 7-5 (algo) writing off receivables lo p2 on january 1, wei company begins the accounting period with a $36,000 credit balance in allowance for doubtful accounts. on february 1, the company determined that $8,000 in customer accounts was uncollectible; specifically, $1,500 for oakley company and $6,500 for brookes company prepare the journal entry to write off those two accounts. on june 5, the company unexpectedly received a $1,500 payment on a customer account, oakley company, that had previously been written off in part a. prepare the entries to reinstate the account and record the cash received.
