Statement
Statement
Receivables – Part 1
2017-002
Trade and other receivables
1. Information from the records of AIR Company is shown below:
Requirements:
a. Total trade receivables
b. Total current receivables
Initial measurement
2. An entity sells goods with a list price of P15,000 for P10,000. How much
is the accounts receivable to be recognized?
a. If Air Co. can reliably estimate that 20% of the goods will be returned
within the agreed period of time, compute for the recoverable
historical cost of accounts receivable.
b. Assume that 25% of the goods are actually returned on January 5, 2016
and the balance of receivable is collected. Provide the journal entry
of this transaction.
Percentage of receivable
7. Air Co. has the following information on December 31, 2015 before any
year-end adjustments:
Computation of Percentage
8. Air Co. has been recognizing bad debt expenses based on the direct write-
off method. In 2014, Air Co. decided to change to the allowance method and
that doubtful accounts shall be estimated using the percentage of
receivables method. The percentage is to be computed based on all
available historical data up to a maximum of 4 years. Information for four
years is shown below:
%
Days outstanding Receivable Balances
Uncollectible
0-60 120,000 1%
61-120 90,000 2%
Over 120 100,000 6%
310,000
During the year, Air Co. wrote of P7,000 receivables and recovered P4,000
that had been written-off in prior years. The allowance for doubtful
accounts has a beginning balance of P2,000.
Air Co. uses the aging of receivables method. The estimated percentages of
collectability based on past experience are shown below
Accounts % of
overdue for Collectability
<31 days 97%
31-60 90%
61-90 85%
91-120 65%
>120 days 40%
Date Amount
12/31/2015 600,000
12/31/2016 400,000
12/31/2017 200,000