Providing for Doubtful Accounts At the end of the current year, the accounts receivable account has a debit balance of $1,043,000 and sales for the year total $11,830,000. The allowance account before adjustment has a debit balance of $14,100. Bad debt expense is estimated at 1/2 of 1% of sales. The allowance account before adjustment has a debit balance of $14,100. An aging of the accounts in the customer ledger indicates estimated doubtful accounts of $45,100. The allowance account before adjustment has a credit balance of $8,500. Bad debt expense is estimated at 1/4 of 1% of sales. The allowance account before adjustment has a credit balance of $8,500. An aging of the accounts in the customer ledger indicates estimated doubtful accounts of $70,600. Determine the amount of the adjusting entry to provide for doubtful accounts under each of the assumptions (a through d) listed above.

Case in point 1.2 suppose you work in the it department of global hotels, a multinational hotel chain. global hotels runs several specialized business support systems, including a guest reservations system that was developed in-house to meet the requirements of a large company with worldwide operations. guests can make one-stop online reservations by visiting global's website, which has links to all major travel industry sites. global hotels just acquired momma's, a regional chain of 20 motels in western canada. momma's uses a vertical reservations package suitable for small- to medium-sized businesses and a generic accounting and finance package. should momma's use global hotels' information systems or continue with its own? in your answer, consider issues such as business profiles, business processes, system interactivity, edi, ecommerce, and the characteristics of both information systems. what additional information would be to you in making a recommendation?

Which of the following statements is true? a job costing system will have a separate work in process account for each of the major processes. a process costing system will have a single work in process account. a process costing system will have a separate raw materials account for each of the major processes. a process costing system will have a separate work in process account for each of the major processes.

Two assets have the following expected returns and standard deviations when the risk-free rate is 5%: asset a e(ra) = 18.5% σa = 20% asset b e(rb) = 15% σb = 27% an investor with a risk aversion of a = 3 would find that on a risk-return basis. a. only asset a is acceptable b. only asset b is acceptable c. neither asset a nor asset b is acceptable d. both asset a and asset b are acceptable