During 2024, its first year of operations, Platform Construction provides services on account of $158,000. By the end of 2024, cash collections on these accounts total $109,000. Platform estimates that 30% of the uncollected accounts will be uncollectible. In 2025, the company writes off uncollectible accounts of $13,230.Required:1. Record the adjusting entry for uncollectible accounts on December 31, 2024.2-a. Record the write-off of accounts receivable in 2025.2-b. Calculate the balance of Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts at the end of 2025 (before adjustment in 2025).3-a. Assume the same facts as above but assume actual write-offs in 2025 were $19,845. Record the write-off of accounts receivable in 2025.3-b. Calculate the balance of Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts at the end of 2025 (before adjustment in 2025).
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During 2024, its first year of operations, Platform Construction provides services on account of 109,000. Platform estimates that 30% of the uncollected accounts will be uncollectible. In 2025, the company writes off uncollectible accounts of 19,845. Record the write-off of accounts receivable in 2025.3-b. Calculate the balance of Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts at the end of 2025 (before adjustment in 2025).
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The adjusting entry for uncollectible accounts on December 31, 2024, would be calculated as follows:
The total amount of uncollected accounts is 109,000 = 49,000 = $14,700.
The journal entry would be:
Debit (increase) Bad Debt Expense: 14,700
2-a. The write-off of accounts receivable in 2025 would be:
Debit (decrease) Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts: 13,230
2-b. The balance of Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts at the end of 2025 (before adjustment in 2025) would be:
Beginning balance: 13,230 Ending balance: $1,470
3-a. If actual write-offs in 2025 were $19,845, the write-off of accounts receivable in 2025 would be:
Debit (decrease) Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts: 19,845
3-b. The balance of Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts at the end of 2025 (before adjustment in 2025) would be:
Beginning balance: 19,845 Ending balance: -$5,145 (This is a debit balance, indicating that the original estimate of uncollectible accounts was too low.)
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