The chief accountant for Dollywood Corporation provides you withthe following li

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The chief accountant for Dollywood Corporation provides you withthe following list of accounts receivable written off in thecurrent year:

Date                   Customer                                  Amount

March31           E.L. MastersCompany             $7,800
June30               HockingAssociates              9700
September 30      Amy Lowell's DressShop      7000
December 31       R. Bronson,Inc.                      9830

    Dollywood Corporation follows the policy ofdebiting Bad Debt Expense as accounts are written off. The chiefaccountant maintains that this procedure is appropriate forfinancial statement purposes because the Internal Revenue Servicewill not accept other methods for recognizing bad debts.
    All of Dollywood Corp.'s sales are on a 30-daycredit basis. Sales for the current year total $2,400,000, andresearch has determined that bad debt losses approximate 2% ofsales.

Instructions:
(a) Do you agree or disagree with Dollywood's policy concerningrecognition of bad debt expense? Why or Why not?

Explanation / Answer

though required for incometax purposes. Direct write-off does not

match expenses withrevenues of the period, nor does it resultin

receivables being statedat estimated realizable value on the

balancesheet.

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