REV 4 – REVIEW IN AUDITING Prof, Hanna Arriola
Genevieve O. Vargas
Problem 1
Required: What is the accounts receivable balance at the end of the company’s first year of
operations?
Solution:
Purchases P450,000
Less: Merchandise inventory, ending (123,000)
Cost of goods sold 327,000
Multiply by sales ratio x 130%
Sales 425,100
Less: Collections from customers (150,000)
Accounts receivable, ending P275, 100
Problem 2
Required: What is the accounts receivable balance at December 31, 2024?
Solution:
Bad debt expense for 2024 P271,000
Less: Accounts Written Off during 2024 (35,400)
Allowance for bad debt, December 31,2024 235,600
Add: Net Realizable value of the accounts
Receivables, Dec.31,2024 895,000
Accounts receivable, Dec. 31, 2024 P1,130,600
Problem 3
Required: What is the accounts receivable balance at December 31, 2024?
What is the December 31, 2024 balance of the Allowance for Bad Debts account?
Solution:
(1) Accounts receivable, Jan. 1, 2024 P2,197,500
Sales 537,702,500
Collections 528,070,500
Accounts written off (5,439,500)
Accounts receivables, Dec. 31, 2024 P6,390,000
(2) Allowance for bad debt, Jan. 1, 2024 P133,500
Bad debts expense (537,702,500 x 1%) 5,377,025
Accounts written off 5,439,500
Allowance for bad debts, Dec. 31, 2024 P71,025
Problem 4
Required: What is the balance of the allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2024?
Solution:
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Accounts written off in 2024 P155,000 Balance, Jan. 1,2024
P191,000 66,750 Bad debt expense for
2024 (4,450,000 x 1 ½ %)
170,000 Recovery of accounts
written off
P200,750 Balance, 12/31/2024
Problem 5
Required: What is the net realizable value of Mahogany’s receivables at December 31, 2024?
Solution:
Accounts receivable P460,000
Less: accounts estimated to be uncollectible 95,000
Net realizable value P365,000