The Following Is a Partial Balance Sheet for Quenton Company

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Essay

The following is a partial balance sheet for Quenton Company dated December 31, 2010:
During 2010, $4,000 of accounts receivable were written off as uncollectible and bad debts expense recognized on Quenton's 2010 net income statement was $8,000. However, the president of the company believes that $2,500 of these receivables were written off too soon. She believes that there is a good chance that they will be collected next year. There is some historical evidence to back the president's position.
A partial explanation for her position is that Quenton has a debt covenant requiring it to maintain a current ratio of 1.5. The president believes that by reversing the write-off of $2,500 of accounts receivable, the current assets will be $97,500 and the current ratio will be 1.5. However, the chief financial officer states that a better approach to getting the current ratio to 1.5 is to pay off some accounts payable. If the company paid $5,000 of accounts payable, the current ratio would become the minimum 1.5 required by the debt covenant.
Comment, with numerical illustration, on the president's and chief financial officer's positions.

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