Erickson Company Had a $300 Credit Balance in Allowance for Doubtful

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Essay

Erickson Company had a $300 credit balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at December 31, 2014, before the current year's provision for uncollectible accounts. An aging of the accounts receivable revealed the following:

Instructions
(a) Prepare the adjusting entry on December 31, 2014, to recognize bad debts expense.
(b) Assume the same facts as above except that the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts account had a $300 debit balance before the current year's provision for uncollectible accounts. Prepare the adjusting entry for the current year's provision for uncollectible accounts.

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

The likelihood distribution of a statistical measurement derived from numerous samples taken from a particular group of individuals or items.

Confidence Interval

A band of values gathered from sample data, which potentially contains the value of an undisclosed population attribute.

Sampled Population

The segment of the population from which the sample is taken for the purpose of a statistical study.

Population Mean

The average value of a population attribute or variable, calculated by summing all values in the population and dividing by the total number of values.