An Appliance Store Advertises a Stove for $747

question 67

Essay

An appliance store advertises a stove for $747.50 with nothing down, no payments and no interest for six months. Determine the cash value the store would be willing to accept if on a six-month investment, it can earn an interest of 4%.

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Definitions:

Credit Sales

Sales transactions where the payment is delayed as opposed to immediate cash payment, generating accounts receivable.

Adjusting Entry

An accounting journal entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditures to the period in which they actually occurred.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

A contra asset account that represents an estimate of the amount of accounts receivable that may not be collectible.

Uncollectible Accounts

Accounts receivable that a company has deemed unlikely to be collected and thus written off as a loss.