Under The Allowance Method, Writing Off An Uncollectible Account | If A Company Determines Cost Of Goods Sold Each Time A Sale Occurs, It

1. The correct option of this multiple choice question (mcq) is A, as uncollectible accounts expense is already charged to income statement but accounts receivables are not removed off or accounted for on balance sheet. Initially, under allowance method, when we record Adjustments, atleast one income statement account and one balance sheet account are affected. Uncollectible account is estimated on sales or receivables in order to calculate the expected values of sales or receivables due to non-payment from customers who failed to pay to the company for the goods sold to them on credit. The adjusting entry to record is to debit uncollectible accounts expense and a credit to allowance for doubtful accounts. Uncollectible accounts expense is an income statement account which affects income statement and recorded as a loss while allowance for doubtful accounts is a contra asset account which affects accounts receivables on balance sheet i.e., it is deducted from accounts rece...