Fundamental Accounting Principles 22th Edition by John Wild ,Ken Shaw,Barbara Chiappetta

Exercise 43

The following list describes aspects of either the allowance method or the direct write-off method to account for bad debts. For each item listed, indicate if the statement best describes either the allowance method or the direct write-off method.
__________ 1. No attempt is made to predict bad debts expense.
__________ 2. Accounts receivable on the balance sheet is reported at net realizable value.
__________ 3. The write-off of a specific account does not affect net income.
__________ 4. When an account is written off, the debit is to bad debts expense.
__________ 5. Sales and any bad debt expense are usually not recorded in the same period, thus proper matching (of revenue and expense recognition) does not consistently occur.
__________ 6. Requires a company to estimate bad debt expense related to the sales recorded in that period.