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At the end of its first year of operations, December 31, 2023, Casayan, Inc. reported the following information: Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts Customer accounts written off as uncollectible during 2021 Bad debts expense for 2021 9,500,000.00 240,000.00 840,000.00 What should be the balance in accounts receivable at December 31, 2023, before subtracting the allowance for doubtful accounts?

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At the end of its first year of operations, December 31, 2023, Casayan, Inc. reported the following information:

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts Customer accounts written off as uncollectible during 2021 Bad debts expense for 2021

9,500,000.00 240,000.00 840,000.00

What should be the balance in accounts receivable at December 31, 2023, before subtracting the allowance for doubtful accounts?

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Solution

To find the balance in accounts receivable before subtracting the allowance for doubtful accounts, we need to reverse the process of writing off accounts and adding bad debts expense.

Here are the steps:

  1. Start with the net accounts receivable, which is $9,500,000.00.

  2. Add back the customer accounts that were written off as uncollectible during 2021. This is because when accounts are written off, they are subtracted from the accounts receivable. So, we add $240,000.00 to the net accounts receivable.

  3. Add back the bad debts expense for 2021. Bad debts expense is also subtracted from the accounts receivable when calculating the net accounts receivable. So, we add $840,000.00 to the total from step 2.

So, the calculation is:

$9,500,000.00 (net accounts receivable)

  • $240,000.00 (written off accounts)
  • 840,000.00(baddebtsexpense)=840,000.00 (bad debts expense) = 10,580,000.00

Therefore, the balance in accounts receivable at December 31, 2023, before subtracting the allowance for doubtful accounts should be $10,580,000.00.

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