Cornerstones of Financial Accounting
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Chapter 5, Problem 96.2C
To determine
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Allowance for doubtful debts:
Companies generally make credit sales to improve their business and expand their customer base. When a credit sales is made the amount that the company has to receive from its customers is known as receivable. Usually all the customers does not repay the amount they owe to the company and hence there are chances of some not repaying the amount and these are called as
Calculate Columbia’s allowance for doubtful debts as a percentage of gross accounts receivable at the end of 2015 and 2016.
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Cornerstones of Financial Accounting
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