What is the journal entry for receiving an amount of Rs 1,000 from Paresh, which was previously written off as bad debts?
The bad debt expense is entered as a debit to increase the expense, whereas the allowance for doubtful accounts is a credit to increase the contra-asset balance. The Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a contra-asset account that estimates the future losses incurred from uncollectible accounts receiv...