National Art Is a New Business

question 168

Multiple Choice

National Art is a new business.During its first year of operations,credit sales were $40,000 and collections were credit sales of $31,000.One account,$525 was written off.Management uses the percent-of-sales method to account for bad debts expense and estimates 2% of credit sales to be uncollectible.The ending balance of Allowance for Bad Debts account is ________.

• A)$275
• B)$800
• C)$170
• D)$1,410

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Definitions:

Taxable Income

The portion of an individual's or company's income that is subject to taxes according to government regulations.

Income Measurement

The process of determining the monetary amount of the income earned by a business during a specific period.

Constructive Receipt

A tax principle stating that income is considered received by the taxpayer once it is credited to their account or made available without restriction.

Taxable Income

The portion of income used to calculate how much the entity owes in taxes to the government, after all deductions and exemptions are applied.