Exercise 9-15 (15 minutes)
Year 2014 accounts receivable turnover:
Year 2015 accounts receivable turnover:
Analysis: Raheem Company turned over its accounts receivable 0.6 (9.4 – 8.8)
times more in 2015 than in 2014. This may indicate that the company has
tightened its credit policy or has improved its collection efforts. Also, relative to
competitors’ turnover of 11, Raheem is performing worse than average.
Exercise 9-16 (25 minutes)
(¥ in millions)
a. Expense is 0.4% of total revenues
Dec. 31 Bad Debts Expense………………………………………. 36,164
b. Allowance is 2.0% of trade receivables, gross
Dec. 31 Bad Debts Expense………………………………………. 40,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts…………….. 40,000
To record estimated bad debts.*
*Unadjusted balance………………………………………………. 10,000 credit
Estimated balance (2,500,000 x 0.02)………………………. 50,000 credit
Required adjustment……………………………………………… 40,000 credit
$335,280
($41,400 + $34,800)/2
$405,140
($44,800 + $41,400)/2