HCl ==> H(+) + Cl(-) (ii) as a colourless fuming gas. The polar covalent gas Hydrogen Chloride is very soluble in Water. In aqueous solution, the molecule exists in ionic form, as the positively charged Hydrogen Ion, H(+), and the negatively charged Chloride Ion, Cl(-).
You determine that a customer who owes you $180 is never going to pay. To write off the debt, reduce both accounts receivable and the allowance by the amount of the bad debt -- $180. You now have an accounts receivable balance of $19,820 and an allowance of $120. Net accounts receivable remains the same: $19,700.hey do this by taking bad-debt expenses and performing write-offs. A bad-debt expense anticipates future losses, while a write-off is a bookkeeping maneuver that simply acknowledges that a loss has occurred.
1 Set up an Item called Bad Debt Write-Off. The item can be an Other Charge type and be linked to the Bad Debt Expense account in the chart of accounts.  Create a credit memo for the receivable being written off. In the credit memo, use the item created above and write notes for yourself about the debt being written off.