Trophy Fish Company supplies flies and fishing gear to sporting goods stores and outfitters throughout the western United States. The accounts receivable clerk for Trophy Fish prepared the following partially completed aging of receivables schedule as of the end of business on December 31, 2015: 1 Not Days Past Due Days Past Due Days Past Due Days Past Due Days Past Due
2 Past
3 Customer Balance Due 1-30 31-6 61-90 91-120 Over 120
4 AAA Outfitters 20,000.00 20,000.00
5 Brown Trout Fly Shop 7,500.00 7,500.00
6
7
8 Zigs Fish Adventures 4,000.00 4,000.00
9 Subtotals 1,300,000.00 750,000.00 290,000.00 120,000.00 40,000.00 20,000.00 80,000.00
The following accounts were unintentionally omitted from the aging schedule:
Customer Due Date Balance
Adams Sports & Flies May 22, 2015 $5,000
Blue Dun Flies Oct. 10, 2015 4,900
Cicada Fish Co. Sept. 29, 2015 8,400
Deschutes Sports Oct. 20, 2015 7,000
Green River Sports Nov. 7, 2015 3,500
Smith River Co. Nov. 28, 2015 2,400
Western Trout Company Dec. 7, 2015 6,800
Wolfe Sports Jan. 20, 2016 4,400
Trophy Fish has a past history of uncollectible accounts by age category, as follows:
Age Class Percent Uncollectible
Not past due 1%
1–30 days past due 2
31–60 days past due 10
61–90 days past due 30
91–120 days past due 40
Over 120 days past due 80
Required:
Determine the number of days past due for each of the preceding accounts. If an account is not past due, enter a zero.
Complete the aging of receivables schedule by adding the omitted accounts to the bottom of the schedule and updating the totals.
Estimate the allowance for doubtful accounts, based on the aging of receivables schedule.
Assume that the allowance for doubtful accounts for Trophy Fish Company has a debit balance of $3,600 before adjustment on December 31, 2015. Journalize the adjusting entry for uncollectible accounts. Refer to the chart of accounts for a listing of the account titles the company uses.
Assume that the adjusting entry in (4) was inadvertently omitted, how would the omission affect the balance sheet and income statement?