Chapter 7 Flashcards
Receivables
right to receive cash
trade receivables
owed by customers from revenue
non-trade receivables
other written promises. Loans to employees, dividends receivables, etcs
Bad Debt Expense
Bad debts expense is an estimate of what we think that we will not collect from the receivables. Before people tell us they can’t pay us.
Journal entry for Bad Debt expense?
DR Bad Debt expense (BDE)
CR Allowance for doubtful accounts (AFDA)(contra-asset)
Journal entry for “write-off”(when people tell us they can’t pay)
DR Allowance for doubtful account
CR Receivables
Journal entry if what was written-off is payed
DR Receivables
Cr AFDA
then
Dr Cash
Cr Receivables
Effective (or applied) interest rate
the rate actually earned
A.k.a. yield rate, market rate
Entries for receivables and interest at initiation
DR Notes receivables
CR Cash
Entries for receivables and interest as time passes
DR Notes Receivable
Cr interest income
(effective interest x Note receivable balance)
When interest is collected
Dr Cash
CR Notes Receivable
Face Value
principal amount received at maturity
Discount
lending out less than face value
Premium
lending out more than face value
Non (or zero) interest bearing
No periodic interest payments