Prepare the receivables section in balance sheet


Response to the following problem:

Parker Hospital's adjusted trial balance at December 31, 20X1, included the following accounts:

Accounts receivable-patients                       $500,000 Dr.

Allowance for uncollectible accounts:

Bad debts                                                 40,000 Cr.

Contractuals                                              5o,000 Cr.

Charity service                                           20,000 Cr.

In 20X2, with respect to the 20X1 accounts receivable, write-offs were made as follows: bad debts, $37,400; contractual adjustments, $51,700; and charity service, $19,200. The remainder of the 20X1 receivables were collected. Parker Hospital's accounts receivable at December 31, 20X2, were $600,000. Estimated uncollectible accounts at that date were bad debts, 9 percent; contractual adjustments, 11 percent; and charity service, 1 percent.

Required: Prepare the receivables section of the hospital's balance sheet as of December 31, 20X2, and present all necessary computations of the amounts included in the presentation.

 

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