Accounts Receivable Jeopardy
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Accounts receivable that cannot be collected
What are Uncollectible Accounts?
DAILY DOUBLE
Canceling the balance of a customer because the customer is not expected to pay
What is Writing Off an Account?
Recording uncollectible accounts expense only when an amount is known to be uncollectible
What is the Direct Write-Off method?
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The first step when recording the collection of an account previously written off as uncollectible
What is Reopening the Customer Account?
Crediting the estimated value of uncollectible accounts to a contra account
What is the Allowance Method?
Assumes that a percentage of each sales dollar will become uncollectible
What is the Percentage of Sales Method?
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Assumes that a percentage of account receivable will become uncollectible
What is the Percentage of Accounts Receivable Method?
Analyzing accounts receivable according to when they are due
What is Aging Accounts Receivable?
The number of times the average amount of accounts receivable is collected
What is the Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio?
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The difference between the balance of accounts receivable and the allowance for uncollectible accounts
What is the Book Value of Accounts Receivable?
The number of days in a year divided by the Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio
What is the Average Number of Days for Payment?
Also referred to as Bad Debts
What are Uncollectible Accounts?
DAILY DOUBLE
An entry made at the end of a fiscal period to record estimated uncollectible accounts expense
What is an Adjusting Entry?
The journal used to record reopening a customer’s account that was previously written off
What is the General Journal?
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The journal used to record the collection of an account previously written off
What is the Cash Receipts Journal?