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17 December, 23:18

A note disclosed that the allowance for uncollectible accounts had a balance of $42.4 million and $39.7 million at the end of 2015 and 2014, respectively. Bad debt expense for 2015 was $30.0 million. Required:Determine the amount of cash collected from customers during 2015. (All sales are on credit. Enter your answer in millions rounded to 1 decimal place (i. e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5).)

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  1. 18 December, 02:21
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    Allowance for uncollectible accounts: ($ in millions)

    Balance, beginning of year $39.7

    Add: Bad debt expense $30.0

    Less: End of year balance ($42.4)

    Write offs during the year $27.3

    Accounts receivable analysis:

    Balance, beginning of year ($2,076.6 + $39.7) $2,116.3

    Add: Credit sales $19,281.6

    Less: Writeoffs ($27.3)

    Less: Balance end of year ($2,949.4 + $42.4) ($2,991.8)

    Cash collections $18,378.8
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