Determining Whether to Capitalize or Expense For each of the following items, indicate whether the cost should be capitalized (C) or expensed (E) immediately: a. Paid $1,200 for routine maintenance of machinery b. Paid $5,400 to rent equipment for two years c. Paid $2,000 to equip the production line with new instruments that measure quality d. Paid $20,000 to repair the roof on the building e. Paid $1,600 to refurbish a machine, thereby extending its useful life f. Purchased a patent for $5,000

Colorado rocky cookie company offers credit terms to its customers. at the end of 2018, accounts receivable totaled $715,000. the allowance method is used to account for uncollectible accounts. the allowance for uncollectible accounts had a credit balance of $50,000 at the beginning of 2018 and $30,000 in receivables were written off during the year as uncollectible. also, $3,000 in cash was received in december from a customer whose account previously had been written off. the company estimates bad debts by applying a percentage of 15% to accounts receivable at the end of the year. 1. prepare journal entries to record the write-off of receivables, the collection of $3,000 for previously written off receivables, and the year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense.2. how would accounts receivable be shown in the 2018 year-end balance sheet?