Provision for bad and doubtful debts is created in anticipation of actual bad debts on the basis of:

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• From the following details find out the amount to be debited to Profit and Loss A/c as fresh provision for doubtful debts during 2012-13 Debtors ` 30,000 as on 31.03.2013; Bad debt during the year ` 1,500; Provision for bad debts as on 01.04.2012 ` 2,000; Provision for doubtful debts to be kept at 5% of total debtors
• Provision for Doubtful Debt on 1st April, 2018 was `21,500. During the year 2018 – 19 the Bad-debt and Recovery of Bad-debt were ` 10,500 and ` 2,100 respectively. The Sundry Debtors on 31st March, 2019 were `2,25,000. Provision is to be made @ 5% on Debtors. If on 31st March, 2019, there was additional Bad-debt of ` 2,500 then Provision for doubtful-debt will be
• It is supposed that on 31-12-20012, the sundry debtors are amounted to Rs. 40,000. On the basis of past experience, it is estimated that 5 % of the sundry debtors are doubtful. It is also suppose that during the year 2013 actual bad debts were Rs. 1,600. What entry will pass to create provision for doubtful debts?
• As on 31st March, 2017 debtors and additional bad debts are ` 8,00,000 and ` 10,000 respectively. If the provision for bad debts is made at 5% on debtors then amount of such provision will be
• If actual bad debts are more than the provision for bad debts, then there will be a
• The creation of provision for doubtful debts given as an adjustment requires
• Provision created for unsecured doubtful debt is
• The entry for creating a Provision for bad debts is
• Provision for bad debts is
• A merchant sends out his goods casually to his dealers on approval basis. All such transactions are, however, recorded as actual sales and are passed through the sales book. On 31st March, it was found that 100 articles at a sale price of ` 200 each sent on approval basis were recorded as actual sales at that price. The sale price was made at cost plus 25%. The amount of stock on approval will be amounting