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On December 31, 2010, when its Allowance for Doubtful Accounts had a credit balance of $1,500, Leeds Company estimates that 7% of its accounts receivable balance of $95,000 will become uncollectible. On March 3, 2011, Leeds Company determined that Megan Jost's account of $950 was uncollectible. On May 15, 2011, Jost paid the amount previously written off.

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Prepare the journal entries for December 31, 2010, March 3, 2011 and May 15, 2011.

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Your tutorial analyzes the activity in the allowance accounts and then gives you journal entries for write offs, recovery of write offs and collecting the old invoices, and recording bad debt expense for the year.

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First, we analyze the activity in the contra account:

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
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Beg .................................$1,500

Write off...........................($950)

Recover write ...

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