The bathroom is offset from the beds, located in a corner of the room near the entrance. Standard double room bathrooms are often equipped with towels, floor mats, plastic water cups, hairdryers and assorted travel size bottles of soap, shampoo, body lotion and conditioner.
Therefore a provision account called allowance for doubtful accounts is credited in the adjusting entry. Thus: The bad debts expense account, just like any other expense account, is closed to income summary account of the period. The allowance for doubtful debts is contra-asset account. Accounts Receivable. $15,000.
The allowance for doubtful debts is created by forming a credit balance which is deducted from the total receivables balance in the statement of financial position. This works in the same way as accumulated depreciation is deducted from the fixed asset cost account.