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At the beginning of? 2017, Delicious? Drinks, Inc. has the following account? ba

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Question

At the beginning of? 2017, Delicious? Drinks, Inc. has the following account? balances:

Accounts Receivable $41,000 (debit balance)

Allowance for Bad Debts $5,000 ?(credit balance)

Bad Debts Expense? $0

During the? year, credit sales amounted to $850,000. Cash collected on credit sales amounted to $750,000?, and $16,000 has been written off. At the end of the? year, the company adjusted for bad debts expense using the percent - of - sales method and applied a? rate, based on past? history, of 3.5% The ending balance of Accounts Receivable is? ________.

OPTIONS:

A. 41,000

B. 57,435

C. 16,000

D. 125,000

If you could please include an explanation, that would be great!

Explanation / Answer

Answer)

My answer is option (D).

Here opening accounts receivable is $41000 and the outstanding collectables will be $84000($850000-$750000-$16000) combined makes$125000($41000+$84000) and allowance will be having balance of $7940((84000×3.5%)+$5000)

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