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Provision for bad and doubtful debt is not go to profit and loss account, and it is go to balance sheet.
Correct. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a "Contra-Asset" which means it reduces your net assets on the balance sheet. While most assets increase with a debit and decrease with a credit, Contra-assets increase with credits and decrease with debits.
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The reserve for bad debts is a provision set aside for debts (debtors) in the balance sheet that might not be collectable. This provision can be either specific or general: * Specific bad debt provision - a provision set aside for specific or identified individual debts considered not collectable. This provision is allowable for tax deduction * General bad debt provision - a provision set aside for non specific debts, it might be for eexample 100% of all debts over 90 days old and 50% of debts over 60 days old. It is a general provision to cover the fact if any of these debts go bad and is not an allowable deduction for tax purposes
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Provision for bad and doubtful debt is not go to profit and loss account, and it is go to balance sheet.
The Allowance for bad debts will go the on the debit side of the Balance Sheet. If total debtors are 20000 and 5% is allowed as allowance for bad debts then 19000 will be shown as debtors and 1000 will be shown as allowance for bad debts in the debit side of the Balance Sheet. When the bad debts actually occur for e.g. if next year bad debts of 500 actually turn out, then the allowance will be reduced by Rs. 500 and the bad debts will be shown in the Dr. Side of Profit and Loss Account.
they fall in the first column of a balance sheet
they fall in the first column of a balance sheet
Correct. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a "Contra-Asset" which means it reduces your net assets on the balance sheet. While most assets increase with a debit and decrease with a credit, Contra-assets increase with credits and decrease with debits.
Liabilities are included on the credit side of the balance sheet.
Stationery, as an accounting item, does not appear on a business Balance Sheet. The Balance Sheet is reserved for assets and liabilities. The Income Statement reflects income and expenses and because Stationery is an expense item it will appear on the Income Statement and not the Balance Sheet.
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The reserve for bad debts is a provision set aside for debts (debtors) in the balance sheet that might not be collectable. This provision can be either specific or general: * Specific bad debt provision - a provision set aside for specific or identified individual debts considered not collectable. This provision is allowable for tax deduction * General bad debt provision - a provision set aside for non specific debts, it might be for eexample 100% of all debts over 90 days old and 50% of debts over 60 days old. It is a general provision to cover the fact if any of these debts go bad and is not an allowable deduction for tax purposes
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Accounts receivable would appear as an asset (+) on a balance sheet.
Interest is part of income statement and shown in income statement and not part of balance sheet.