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A company estimates its doubtful debts expense based upon 2% of credit sales.  The Allowance for Doubtful Debts balance at the beginning of the period is $100,000 and $82,000 was written off during the period. The credit sales for the period amounted to $5,200,000. What is the balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Debts account at the end of the period?

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A company estimates its doubtful debts expense based upon 2% of credit sales.  The Allowance for Doubtful Debts balance at the beginning of the period is 100,000and100,000 and 82,000 was written off during the period. The credit sales for the period amounted to $5,200,000. What is the balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Debts account at the end of the period?

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To calculate the balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Debts account at the end of the period, we need to follow these steps:

  1. Calculate the doubtful debts expense for the period: The company estimates its doubtful debts expense based on 2% of credit sales. So, 2% of 5,200,000equals5,200,000 equals 104,000. This is the amount of doubtful debts expense for the period.

  2. Determine the beginning balance of the Allowance for Doubtful Debts account: The beginning balance is $100,000.

  3. Adjust for the debts that were written off during the period: 82,000waswrittenoffduringtheperiod.Whendebtsarewrittenoff,theyreducethebalanceoftheAllowanceforDoubtfulDebtsaccount.So,theadjustedbeginningbalanceis82,000 was written off during the period. When debts are written off, they reduce the balance of the Allowance for Doubtful Debts account. So, the adjusted beginning balance is 100,000 - 82,000=82,000 = 18,000.

  4. Add the doubtful debts expense for the period to the adjusted beginning balance to get the ending balance: 18,000(adjustedbeginningbalance)+18,000 (adjusted beginning balance) + 104,000 (doubtful debts expense) = $122,000.

Therefore, the balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Debts account at the end of the period is $122,000.

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