Buddy Company uses the allowance method to account for uncollectible receivables. At the beginning of the year, Allowance for Bad Debts had a credit balance of $800. During the year Buddy wrote off uncollectible receivables of $2,100. Buddy recorded Bad Debts Expense of $2,800. Buddy's year-end balance in Allowance for Bad Debts is $1,500. Buddy's ending balance of Accounts Receivable is $20,300. Compute the net realizable value of Accounts Receivable at year-end. OA. $18,200 OB. $18,800 OC. $17,500 OD. $20,300
Bad Debts
At the end of the accounting period, a financial statement is prepared by every company, then at that time while preparing the financial statement, the company determines among its total receivable amount how much portion of receivables is collected by the company during that accounting period.
Accounts Receivable
The word “account receivable” means the payment is yet to be made for the work that is already done. Generally, each and every business sells its goods and services either in cash or in credit. So, when the goods are sold on credit account receivable arise which means the company is going to get the payment from its customer to whom the goods are sold on credit. Usually, the credit period may be for a very short period of time and in some rare cases it takes a year.
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