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Hawk Management Ltd., year ending financial statements shows the below following entries. Find the Net realisable value of Accounts Receivable?

un-collectible accounts expense of £8,000, accounts receivable of £140,000, and allowance for uncollectible accounts of £12,000. The net realizable value of Hawk's accounts receivable is:

 

a. £128,000

b. £132,000

c. £136,000

d. £120,000

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Question added by IMRAN ALI MOHAMMED , Accounts Officer , M/s. Euro Glazing Ltd
Date Posted: 2015/09/19
Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi
by Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi , Shared Services Supervisor , Saudi Musheera Co. Ltd.

My Answer Is Option " C "           .

agreed to all >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>..

According to US GAAP the net realizable value of accounts receivable account will be140,000 -4,000 =136,000 . Answer C .

After subtract un-collectible expense from the allowance .

Syed Muhammad Zeeshan Alam
by Syed Muhammad Zeeshan Alam , Assistant Manager Pricing Analysis , Ufone 4G

Assalam-o-Alikum!

 

According to my understanding, the NRV for Receivables is option A i.e128,000. Because the NRV is a B/S term and B/S shows the allowance figure only. The bad debts (uncollectible receivables) can occur only after the allowance is provided against receivables. Now how i calculated it is as follows:

 

Allowance for un-collectible receivables:

             Dr. Allowance for un-collectible receivables    12,000 (I/S expense)

                  Cr. Allowance for un-collectible receivables      12,000 (B/S allowance)

 

Un-collectible receivables (Bad debts):

              Dr. Allowance for un-collectible receivables    8,000 (B/S allowance)

              (Because the expense has already been charged to I/S when you created the allowance)

                  Cr. receivable accounts                                            8,000 (B/S)

 

Net realisable value (NRV): (Clubbing the above entries)

             Accounts receivables            132,000 [140,000(Total receivables) -8,000 (un-collectible)]

             Less:  Allowance                        (4,000) [12,000 (Total allowance) -8,000 (un-collectible)]

             NRV                                              128,000 

IMRAN ALI MOHAMMED
by IMRAN ALI MOHAMMED , Accounts Officer , M/s. Euro Glazing Ltd

Hello Everyone, Thanks for answering the question, but unfortunately, no one has given the correct answer, almost all of them have said its 'C'.  Please justify how it is option C. Thanks.

M Umar Azam
by M Umar Azam , Senior Accountant , Mustafa Furnishing Industries FZC

Its Option C, i.e136,000.......

 

Emad Mohammed said abdalla
by Emad Mohammed said abdalla , ERP & IT Software, operation general manager . , AL DOHA Company

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  c. £136,000

sithin sidharth
by sithin sidharth , Accountant , Proshots digital media and art centre

120000 is the net realisable value of receivables after deducting the provision and bad debts

Rashmi Ullal
by Rashmi Ullal , Senior Exectuive , Manipal Education (MENA) FZ LLC

 The net realizable value of Hawk's account should be £136,000

Sadiq ul Islam
by Sadiq ul Islam , Finance Manager , Bindawood Group of Companies

First of all we need to understand the term "NRV A/R".

 

It refers Net balance reported in balance sheet. That is a simple calculation of Accounts receivable minus "contra asset account" allowance for uncollectible.

 

In this case, Option A will be right answer. ( -0) =

Charles Phillip Anthony Brioso
by Charles Phillip Anthony Brioso , Risk Officer , Saudi Investment Bank

Net realizable value is, (A) assuming the uncollectible expense of8, is properly included in the balance of allowance on bad debt which is,.

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