Compute the Amount of Interest Owed on a 120-Day, 8

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Short Answer

Compute the amount of interest owed on a 120-day, 8 percent note for $18,000.

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Definitions:

Due

Describes obligations or payments that are scheduled to be paid or completed by a certain date.

Not Paid

Refers to invoices or debts that have not been settled or fulfilled as per their due dates.

Allowance Method

An accounting technique used to account for bad debts by estimating and setting aside a portion of accounts receivable deemed likely to be uncollectible.

Bad Debt Expense

An anticipated expense recorded in the accounts to allow for customers' debts that have been deemed unrecoverable.