Use This Information to Answer the Following Question

question 55

Multiple Choice

Use this information to answer the following question. The general ledger account for Accounts Receivable shows a debit balance of $50,000. Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts has a credit balance of $1,000. Net sales for the year were $500,000. In the past, 2 percent of sales have proved uncollectible, and an aging of accounts receivable accounts results in an estimate of $13,500 of uncollectible accounts.
Using the accounts receivable aging method, the Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts balance (after adjustment) would be

• A) $14,500.
• B) $14,000.
• C) $13,500.
• D) $12,500.

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Half-Freedom

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A 17th-century colonial province of the Seven United Netherlands that was located on the East Coast of North America.

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