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Basic Question 9 of 24
A company that uses the direct write-off method recognizes uncollectible accounts expense as ______.
B. a percentage of net credit sales during the period
C. indicated by aging the accounts receivable at the end of the period
D. specific accounts receivable determined to be worthless
A. a percentage of net sales during the period
B. a percentage of net credit sales during the period
C. indicated by aging the accounts receivable at the end of the period
D. specific accounts receivable determined to be worthless
User Contributed Comments 5
| User | Comment |
|---|---|
| azramirza | Can someone please explain this?? |
| olagbami | @ azramirza....direct write-off means there's no provision. uncollectibles are written off once they are recognized or determined to be bad/worthless |
| azramirza | thanks olagbami...god bless.. |
| jonan203 | actually, direct write off means that each business/person who buys from the company on credit has their own account with the firm a/r - company #1 a/r - company #2 a/r - company #3 a/r - company #N say company #3 defaults on the firm, under direct write off method, only the remaining balance in "a/r - company #3" will be written off to bad debt expense no provision is made for potential losses, and losses are only written off as they occur and matched DIRECTLY to a specific receivable (in this case "a/r - company #3) |
| farhan92 | nice one^ |
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Learning Outcome Statements
describe general principles of expense recognition, specific expense recognition applications, implications of expense recognition choices for financial analysis and contrast costs that are capitalized versus those that are expensed in the period in which they are incurred
CFA® 2025 Level I Curriculum, Volume 2, Module 2.