Historically, your company has calculated bad debts using an aging of accounts receivable. Near the end of the fiscal year, the company is in a cash crunch and needs to borrow money from the bank, using accounts receivable as collateral. The owner of the company knows that many of the accounts receivable are more than 90 days past due, resulting in net receivables equal to only 80% of total receivables. You are asked by the owner asks you to change the method of estimating bad debts to a flat 3% of receivables. What should you do?

Historically, your company has calculated bad debts using an aging of accounts receivable. Near the end of the fiscal year, the company is in a cash crunch and needs to borrow money from the bank, using accounts receivable as collateral. The owner of the company knows that many of the accounts receivable are more than 90 days past due, resulting in net receivables equal to only 80% of total receivables. You are asked by the owner asks you to change the method of estimating bad debts to a flat 3% of receivables. What should you do?

Principles of Accounting Volume 1

19th Edition

ISBN:9781947172685

Author:OpenStax

Publisher:OpenStax

Chapter9: Accounting For Receivables

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 26Q: A customer was unable to pay the accounts receivable on time in the amount of $34,000. The customer...

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