Accounts Receivable and Impairments. Review of Accounting for Accounts Receivable Typically recognize sales revenue at sale Accounts Receivable840 Sales.

Accounts Receivable and Impairments

Review of Accounting for Accounts Receivable

• Typically recognize sales revenue at sale

Accounts Receivable 840

Sales Revenue 840

• What about estimated uncollectibles?– Same issue with other assets that may be worth

less than carrying value (inventory, PP&E, etc.)

Allowance method

• Generally required for financial reporting

• Record estimated bad debt expense and accounts receivable contra account at sale

Bad Debt Exp. (or Sales contra) 8.4

Allow. For DA (AR contra) 8.4

• Net income effect at time of sale

• No net income effect at time of write-off

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 1.2

Accounts Receivable 1.2

• Reverse out entry if later collected

Accounts Receivable 1.2

Allowance for DA 1.2

• Match revenue & expenses in period of sale

• Records net accounts receivable at expected cash collection

• Discretion in estimating bad debt expense

• Adjust estimate at period-end if necessary• How to estimate bad debts?

– Percentage of sales– Aging of accounts receivables– Often A. and B. are used in combination

Allowance for DA 0.8

Bad Debt Expense 0.8

To reduce allowance based on period-end A/R

• Other applications– Sales return and cash discounts– Inventory obsolescence

From Coke’s 10-K

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND BAD DEBTS T-ACCOUNTS

(Gross) Accounts Receivable

Beg. Bal.

Credit Sales Collections

Write-offs

Ending Bal.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Beg. Bal.

Write-offs Bad Debt Exp.

Ending Bal.

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND BAD DEBTS T-ACCOUNTS

(Gross) Accounts Receivable

Beg. Bal.

$1,941(B/S)

Credit Sales Collections

$19,564 (I/S) $19,322 (Plug)

Write-offs

$31(10-K)

Ending Bal.

$2,152 (B/S)

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Beg. Bal.

$59 (B/S)

Write-offs Bad Debt Exp.

$31 (10-K) $27 (10-K)

Ending Bal.

$55 (10-K)

Other Allowances and Reserves

• Impairment allowances– If PP&E is not expected to return its net BV

Impairment Loss 100

PP&E (or contra) 100

– Depreciate based on remaining life and new book value

– Take the B/S and I/S hit when the value drops

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Warrantee Allowance

• Set up allowance for expected liability when you sell the product

Warrantee Expense 40

Warrantee Liability 40• When you pay to fix it or replace it

Warrantee Liability 40

Cash (or Inventory) 40

Restructuring Reserves

• Set up a reserve for unavoidable costs and impairments when you begin a restructuring

Loss on Restructuring 100

Restructuring Liability 40

PP&E (or contra) 60

• Reverse out the liability when you pay cash

Restructuring Liability 40

Cash 40

• Depreciate remaining PP&E balance over remaining life