Bellows company uses the allowance method to account for uncollectible accounts. after making a concerted effort, bellows’ management determined that it will not be able to collect the $1,200 owed to it by its customer acme inc. prepare the appropriate journal entry to record the receivable write-off.

Db Allowance for Doubtful Accounts_1200

Cr to Accounts Receivable1200

Explanation:

When a specific customer's account is identified as uncollectible, the journal entry to write off the account is:

A debit to Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (to reduce the Allowance balance that was previously established)

A credit to Accounts Receivable (to remove the amount that will not be collected)