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Giorgio Italian Market bought $4,000 worth of merchandise from Food Suppliers and signed a 90-day, 6% promissory note for the $4,000. Food Supplier’s journal entry to record the collection on the maturity date is: (Use 360 days a year.)

No attempt is made to estimate bad debts expense under the allowance method of accounting for uncollectible accounts receivable.

A company using the percentage of sales method for estimating bad debts has sales of $350,000 and estimates that 1.0% of its sales are uncollectible. The estimated amount of bad debts expense is $3,500.

A company ages its accounts receivables to determine its end of period adjustment for bad debts. At the end of the current year, management estimated that $15,750 of the accounts receivable balance would be uncollectible. Prior to any year-end adjustments, the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts had a credit balance of $375. What adjusting entry should the company make at the end of the current year to record its estimated bad debts expense?

Duerr company makes a $60,000, 60-day, 12% cash loan to Ryan Co. The maturity value of the loan is: (Use 360 days a year.)

When a petty cash fund is in use:

The expense recognition (matching) principle, as applied to bad debts, requires:

A perpetual inventory system is able to directly measure and monitor inventory shrinkage and there is no need for a physical count of inventory.

Valley Spa purchased $7,800 in plumbing components from Tubman Co. Valley Spa Studios signed a 60-day, 10% promissory note for $7,800. If the note is dishonored, what is the amount due on the note? (Use 360 days a year.)

A company using the percentage of sales method for estimating bad debts has sales of $350,000 and estimates that 1.0% of its sales are uncollectible. The estimated amount of bad debts expense is $3,500.