Exercise 8-07 At December 31, 2019, Pharoah Company Company had a credit balance of $18,100 in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. During 2020, Pharoah Company wrote off accounts totaling $12,900. One of those accounts ($2,100) was later collected. At December 31, 2020, an aging schedule indicated that the balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts should be $23,700. Prepare journal entries to record the 2020 transactions of Pharoah Company Company

Entries are given below

Explanation:

DATA:

Opening Balance in the allowance for doubtful debt = $18,100

During 2020 Pharoah company wrote off accounts totaling 12,900

Entry                                                       DEBIT        CREDIT

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts$11,800  

Accounts Receivable                                               $11,800

At December 31, 2020, an aging schedule indicated that the balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts should be $23,700

Entry                                                       DEBIT        CREDIT

Bad debt expense                                $17,400

Allowance for doubtful debt                                    $17,400

           

Working

Balance before adjustment = $18,100 - $11,800

Balance before adjustment = $6,300

After Aging schedule indication

Adjustment  = $23,700 - 6,300

Adjustment = $17,400

The appropriate answer is "time lag".

Explanation:

The time taken towards enacting a program after it has been accepted is referred to those as time lag. The consequences of interventions are not necessarily recognized throughout the economy due to various time lags. Therefore, although monetary policy, described as time lag, will potentially produce the expected outcome during an economy, the time it would take to be accepted as well as enforced.