Accounting 9706 · AS & A Level · Preparation of financial statements

Preparation of financial statements — practice question

A business has trade receivables of $52000$ at the year-end. The current provision for doubtful debts is $3000$. The provision for doubtful debts is to be kept at $5\%$ of trade receivables. What effect will adjusting the provision have?

  • Aon profit: decrease by $2600$; on current assets: decrease by $400$
  • Bon profit: decrease by $2600$; on current assets: decrease by $2600$
  • Con profit: increase by $400$; on current assets: decrease by $400$
  • Don profit: increase by $400$; on current assets: increase by $400$

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