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Select all that applyWhen accounting for accounts receivable and bad debts, the objectives are to ______. (Check all that apply.)Multiple select question.match the cost of bad debts to the accounting period in which the related credit sales are madereport accounts receivable at the net realizable value which equals accounts receivable less the amount the company does not expect to collect.increase both accounts receivable and net income by the amount of credit sales that are unlikely to be collected as cash

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Select all that applyWhen accounting for accounts receivable and bad debts, the objectives are to ______. (Check all that apply.)Multiple select question.match the cost of bad debts to the accounting period in which the related credit sales are madereport accounts receivable at the net realizable value which equals accounts receivable less the amount the company does not expect to collect.increase both accounts receivable and net income by the amount of credit sales that are unlikely to be collected as cash

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The objectives when accounting for accounts receivable and bad debts are:

  1. To match the cost of bad debts to the accounting period in which the related credit sales are made. This is done to ensure that expenses are recorded in the same period as the revenues they helped to generate, which is a fundamental principle of accrual accounting.

  2. To report accounts receivable at the net realizable value, which equals accounts receivable less the amount the company does not expect to collect. This is done to present a more accurate picture of the company's financial position. If a company has a large amount of accounts receivable, but a significant portion of it is unlikely to be collected, then the company's financial position may not be as strong as it appears.

The objective is not to increase both accounts receivable and net income by the amount of credit sales that are unlikely to be collected as cash. This would overstate both assets and income, which would mislead users of the financial statements.

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