Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Calculations & Examples

For example, our jewelry store assumes 25% of invoices that are 90 days past due are considered uncollectible. Say it has $10,000 in unpaid invoices that are 90 days past due—its allowance for doubtful accounts for those invoices would be $2,500, or $10,000 x 25%. Sometimes, it is important to keep the original balance of […]