He allowance for bad debts account had a balance of $7,300 at the beginning of the year and $10,100 at the end of the year. during the year (including the year-end adjustment), bad debts expense of $13,400 was recognized. required: calculate the total amount of past-due accounts receivable that were written off as uncollectible during the year. (hint: make a t-account for the allowance for bad debts account, plug in the amounts that you know, and solve for the missing amount.)

An office manager is concerned with declining productivity. despite the fact that she regularly monitors her clerical staff four times each day—at 9: 00 am, 11: 00 am, 1: 00 pm, and again at 3: 00 pm—office productivity has declined 30 percent since she assumed the helm one year ago. would you recommend that the office manager invest more time monitoring the productivity of her clerical staff? explain.

Excel allows you to take a lot of data and organize it in one document. what are some of the features you can use to clarify, emphasize, and differentiate your data?

On january 15, the end of the first biweekly pay period of the year, north company’s payroll register showed that its employees earned $32,000 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees’ salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $3,000 of federal income taxes, $772 of medical insurance deductions, and $260 of union dues. no employee earned > $7,000 in this first period. prepare the journal entry to record north company’s january 15 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities.