E7-10B (Bad-Debt Reporting) The chief accountant for Hollywood Corporation provides you with the following list of accounts receivable written off in the current year.
mujionostevoE7-10B (Bad-Debt Reporting) The chief accountant for Hollywood Corporation provides you with the following list of accounts receivable written off in the current year.
Date Customer Amount
March 31 MGM Corp. $ 6,000
June 30 Universal Inc. 10,200
September 30 TriStar Inc. 26,500
December 31 Theaters Corp. 18,220
Hollywood Corporation follows the policy of debiting Bad Debt Expense as accounts are written off.
The chief accountant maintains that this procedure is appropriate for financial statement purposes because the Internal Revenue Service will not accept other methods for recognizing bad debts. All of Hollywood Corporation’s sales are on a 60-day credit basis. Sales for the current year total $7,600,000, and research has determined that bad debt losses approximate 1% of sales.
Instructions
(a) Do you agree or disagree with Hollywood’s policy concerning recognition of bad debt expense? Why or why not?
(b) By what amount would net income differ if bad debt expense was computed using the percentageof sales approach?
13 years ago
