On December 29, 2019, James Company sold a debt security that had been purchased on January 4, 2018. James owned no other debt securities. An unrealized holding loss was reported in the 2018 income statement. A realized gain was reported in the 2019 income statement. Was the debt security classified as available-for-sale and did its 2018 market price decline exceed its 2019 market price recovery

Colorado rocky cookie company offers credit terms to its customers. at the end of 2018, accounts receivable totaled $715,000. the allowance method is used to account for uncollectible accounts. the allowance for uncollectible accounts had a credit balance of $50,000 at the beginning of 2018 and $30,000 in receivables were written off during the year as uncollectible. also, $3,000 in cash was received in december from a customer whose account previously had been written off. the company estimates bad debts by applying a percentage of 15% to accounts receivable at the end of the year. 1. prepare journal entries to record the write-off of receivables, the collection of $3,000 for previously written off receivables, and the year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense.2. how would accounts receivable be shown in the 2018 year-end balance sheet?