An Aging Of A Company's Accounts Receivable Indicates That | MCQ Solution

An Aging Of A Company's Accounts Receivable Indicates That $6,000 Are Estimated To Be Uncollectible. If Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Has A $2,000 Debit Balance, The Adjustment To Record Bad Debts For The Period Will Require A

The correct answer of this multiple choice question (mcq) is (a), as we need to debit Uncollectible Accounts Expense Account (Estimated Bad Debts Expense Account) with the $8000 amount and credit Allowance For Doubtful Debt Accounts, which is deducted from accounts receivable on the balance sheet to show net realizable value, with the $8000 amount in order to adjust it for the period. The calculation for the required adjusted balance ($8,000) is shown below:

Required Balance                        $6,000

Balance Before Adjustment   - ($2,000)

                                                   __________

Adjustment Required                 $8,000

                                                  ___________

                                                  ___________

Therefore, all the other options (b, c and d) of this multiple choice question are incorrect choices here.