Providing for Doubtful Accounts At the end of the current year, the accounts receivable account has a debit balance of $992,000 and sales for the year total $11,240,000. The allowance account before adjustment has a credit balance of $13,400. Bad debt expense is estimated at 1/4 of 1% of sales. The allowance account before adjustment has a credit balance of $13,400. An aging of the accounts in the customer ledger indicates estimated doubtful accounts of $42,900. The allowance account before adjustment has a debit balance of $5,300. Bad debt expense is estimated at 1/2 of 1% of sales. The allowance account before adjustment has a debit balance of $5,300. An aging of the accounts in the customer ledger indicates estimated doubtful accounts of $44,000. Determine the amount of the adjusting entry to provide for doubtful accounts under each of the assumptions (a through d) listed above. a. $ b. $ c. $ d. $

Suppose that jim plans to borrow money for an education at texas a& m university. jim will need to borrow $25,000 at the end of each year for the next five years (total=$125,000). jim wishes his parents could pay for his education but they can’t. at least, he qualifies for government loans with a reduced interest rate while he is in school. he has a special arrangement with aggiebank to lend him the money at a subsidized rate of 1% over five years without having to make a payment until the end of the fifth year. however, at the end of the fifth year, jim agrees to pay off the loan by borrowing from longhorn bank. longhorn bank will lend him the money he needs at an annual interest rate of 6%. jim agrees to pay back the longhorn bank with 20 annual payments and the payments will be uniform (equal annual payments including principal and interest). (i) calculate how much money jim has to borrow at the end of 5 years to pay off the loan with aggiebank. a. $121,336 b. $127,525 c. $125,000 d. $102,020 e. none of the above