On December 31, 2019 a company’s Accounts Receivable balance was $440,000. During the year the company recorded credit sales of
$770,000 and cash collections of $820,000. In addition, the company wrote off $16,000 of accounts as uncollectible and reinstated and collected on an accounts receivable that was previously written off that totaled $3,000. The company uses the allowance method to account for its receivables.What is the effect of the accounting equation if the company fails to make the adjusting entry to record bad debt expense?
1 answer:
Answer: Option C - Assets are Overstated; No effects on liabilities: Equity is Overstated
Explanation:
When Bad debts are recorded, they will reduce the Accounts Receivable account because less money will be expected from debtors. Accounts Receivable is an asset account so it will be Overstated if bad debts are not recorded.
Equity will also be overstated because bad debts is an expense that is sent to the Income statement. If this expense is not deducted, the net income will be larger than it should be and when added to Equity it will overstate it.
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Answer:
days on inventory 57 + collection cycle 163- payment cycle 63
CCCT = 157 days
Explanation:
The cash-to-cash measures the times from the company paid his good from the time it collect from the customer:
days inventory outstanding + collection cycle - payment cycle
<u>days inventory outstanding:</u>
Where:
where:
COGS $ 1,790,000
Beginning Inventory: $ 273,000
Ending Inventory: $ 290,000
Average Inventory: $ 281,500
Inventory TO 6.358792185
Days on Inventory 57
<u>Collection cycle:</u>
where:
Purchases: 1,575,000
Beginning AP: 227,500
Ending AP: 316,200
Average AP: 271,850
AP TO 5.793636196
payment cycle 63
<u>Collection cycle</u>
Sales 102,000
Average AR 45,500
AR TO 2.241758242
collection cycle 163