Chapter 5 — Estimation of Doubtful Accounts
Accounts Receivable
Measurement
Initial — measures as original invoice price (face value)
Subsequent — measures as net realizable value (NRV)
NRV — estimated selling price of goods or services, less the estimated costs of completion, disposal, and
transportation
computed every end of the year — kasi dun na gumagawa ng report & part of adjusting entry
it is just mere estimate computation for bad debts on the current year — iestimate agad para mamatch
yung revenue/expense kahit di pa alam kung magbabayad o hindi (matching principle)
Adjusting entry — every end of the year
Doubtful Accounts/Bad Debts/Uncollectible Accounts — client accounts that may not be collected anymore/ are
doubtful of collection
contra asset account, credit normal balance
this is deducted from accounts receivable
Presented: "allowance for doubtful accounts" — to cover those potential losses
debits the allowance for doubtful accounts, and credits accounts receivable
this entry reduces the balance of accounts receivable on the balance sheet and increases the allowance for
doubtful accounts
By debiting the allowance for doubtful accounts, the company is effectively setting aside funds to cover any
future losses that may result from uncollectible accounts
Pro -form adjusting entry
Allowance Method
sinusunod kapag gumagawa ng general purpose of Financial Statement, aligned in standard
Accounts Receivable xxx
Set adjusting entries at the end of the period — to estimate how much of the receivable will never be collected
because of the principle of matching (where there is revenue there is expenses)
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Recto — maaring totoo na hindi na talaga makakabayad
decreases A/R (credit); increase doubtful accounts (debit)
Recovery — may something na nawala, tapos irerecover, akala mo na hindi pagbabayd pero later on magbabayad
irereverse yung accounts, dahil nga magbabayad na at narecover na
another thing, dahil bayad na — debit cash, credit A/R
Direct Write-off Method
ginagawa lang for the sake of presentation kasi di siya aligned sa standard
Set adjusting entries at the end of the period — to estimate how much of the receivable will never be collected
because of the principle of matching (where there is revenue there is expenses)
para sa BIR ruling — under this ayaw ng BIR na nageestimate
N/A — no adjusting entry
Recto — pag totoo na hindi na talaga makakabayad
decreases A/R; increase doubtful accounts
Recovery — may something na nawala, tapos irerecover, akala mo na hindi pagbabayd pero later on magbabayad
irereverse yung accounts, dahil nga magbabayad na at narecover na
another thing, dahil bayad na — debit cash, credit A/R
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Methods of Estimating Bad Debts
Percentage of Net Credit Sales/Revenue (service business)— Income Statement Approach = Doubtful Accounts
Expense
provide the amount of doubtful accounts expense for the year
this amount then will be added to the balance before adjustment, the total of the two will then be the amount
of allowance at year end or after adjustment.
Advantage: aligned as matching principle (revenue & expenses)
Disadvantage: it is not directed to receivable, because its sales
(isang percentage lang ang minumultiply sa total receivable)
multiply certain percentage to sales = doubtful accounts expense
sales & doubtful accounts expense — part of income statement
Sales — credit sales (nominal account, accounts receivables)
Net Sales — percentage of sales (silent)
Gross sales — no return/allowances, wala pang bawas/minus na sales discount
Percentage of Accounts Receivable method — Financial Position Approach (balance sheet) = Required Allowance
Balance
provide the amount of required allowance for doubtful accounts
the amount of doubtful accounts expense will be work back as an adjustment to the amount of required
allowance.
Advantage: diretso na sa receivable
Disadvantage: hindi sobrang naka aligned sa principle matching, kasi hindi naman part ng revenues, income
and expense recognition principle dahil ito nga ay receivable
(isang percentage lang ang minumultiply sa total receivable)
certain percentage multiply to receivable = required allowance balance (allowance for doubtful accounts at the
year end)
Aging of Receivable — Financial Position Approach (balance sheet) — Required Allowance Balance
certain percentage multiplied to receivable = required allowance balance (allowance for doubtful accounts at the
year end)
each classification of accounts receivable is multiplied by a
the specific rate of the estimate of uncollectability
transaction right after the date given — pag magbibilang ng date past due
pinakacomplicated but most accurate— modification of percentage of receivable
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nilalagyan ng edad: percentage multiply to ireceivable na hinati hati sa magkakaibang lugar
Write-off
totoong scenario na hindi na talaga makakabayad
Recovery
may something na nadamage — and narecover
nakalink and write-off & recovery — hindi magkakaroon n g recovery kung walang write-off
transaction recorded as write-off — but later on nagbayad na kaya need ireverse yung entry
reverse the entry in write-off
another thing, dahil bayad na — debit cash, credit A/R
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Accounts Estimate — currently & prospectively
now & future: hindi papalitan yung naestimate na nung una
Accounting Policy — retrospectively
past, present, future: papalitan/adjust the estimation as tuwing nagbabago
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