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How can write off receivable under allowance method affect. Current ratio 1- increase 2- decrease 3-no effect

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Question added by mohamed Hakim CMA CPA Candidate , Accounting Manager , Andersen saudi arabia
Date Posted: 2015/01/19
VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN
by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.

 

Allowance Method: The procedure to write off is:- Debit Provision for Bad and Doubtful Debts and Credit to Accounts Receivable. 

No Expenses are debited to the profit and loss so long as there is balance in the Provision account.

Hence the answer is : Option (3) >>>>>>>  No effect  for the Current Ratio as the net figure for Accounts Receivable remain unchanged.

 

ايمن محمد عاطف محمد
by ايمن محمد عاطف محمد , Director of the control and regulation unit , ACOLID

3

Writing Off an Account under the Allowance Method

 

Under the allowance method, if a specific customer's ACCOUNTS receivable is identified as uncollectible, it is written off by removing the amount from ACCOUNTS Receivable. The entry to write off a bad ACCOUNT affects only balance sheet ACCOUNTS: a debit to Allowance for Doubtful ACCOUNTS and a credit to Accounts Receivable. No expense or loss is reported on the income statement because this write-off is "covered" under the earlier adjusting entries for estimated bad debts expense.

 

georgei assi
by georgei assi , مدير حسابات , المجموعة السورية

The answer3

mohamed Hakim CMA CPA Candidate
by mohamed Hakim CMA CPA Candidate , Accounting Manager , Andersen saudi arabia

Good answers 

Asim Azaldeen Abdalrahman Mhammed
by Asim Azaldeen Abdalrahman Mhammed , Property Manager , TAAM PROPERTY

Agreed with option (3)

Salah Othman Yousef Alshambaati
by Salah Othman Yousef Alshambaati , مدير ادارة الحسابات , شركة انفال الجديدة للتجارة والمقاولات

 answer-------------3

FITAH MOHAMED
by FITAH MOHAMED , Financial Manager , FUEL AND ENERGY CO for transportion petroleum materials

3->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>no effect

Ayman Esa Mustafa Farrag
by Ayman Esa Mustafa Farrag , مدير مالي , شركة الصفوف

Option3 is correct.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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