Debtors may sometimes be unhappy with their purchases and wish to claim a refund (allowance) from the supplier. Some reasons for this include poor quality goods, wrong colour, wrong size, overcharges, errors on the invoice, and so forth. The debtor then sends a debit note (D/N) to the trader in which the claim is made in respect of the goods returned or overcharge claimed . After investigation the supplier, if in agreement with the claim, issues a credit note (C/N) to the customer. One copy is sent to the debtor and the other is the source document for the entry in the business's Debtors Allowances Journal (DAJ) The DAJ is like a sales returns and overcharges journal.
Credit note
[Debit] Allowance for debtors account [Credit] Accounts receivable account
You make them to undesdand when we talk about debtors we talk about what
Credit note
sundry debtors A/c........DR 1000 TO Sales A/c 1000
Credit note
[Debit] Allowance for debtors account [Credit] Accounts receivable account
You make them to undesdand when we talk about debtors we talk about what
Credit note
sundry debtors A/c........DR 1000 TO Sales A/c 1000
what is the reason businesses record into creditors allowances journal
No entry for opening debtors these are just transferred from previous period to current period.
Cash a/c to debtors a/c
It depends on how you do it. If you use a place that consolidates your debt by asking credit card companies & the like to reduce your debt or interest rate, then yes, it could be harmful to your.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
bad debts a/c Dr To sundry debtors a/c
debit bad debtCredit allowance for bad debt
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.