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NACVA Accredited Valuation Analyst Exam Questions 106–110 (page: 23)

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

Most companies carry accounts receivable and deduct some allowance for potentially uncollectible accounts. The typical policy is to___________ the allowance for doubtful accounts at the end of each month by a percentage of that month’s___________ .

  1. Increase, Credit sales
  2. Increase, Credit purchases
  3. Decrease, Credit sales
  4. Decrease, Unearned Revenue

Answer(s): A



One way is to compare the historical percentage of bad debt losses from past credit sales with the percentage current credit sales being charged to bad debt expense to see if too little or too much is currently being charged. Another approach is:

  1. To compare the unearned revenue schedule allowance relative to the amount of overdue accounts
  2. To compare the aged account receivable schedule allowance relative to the amount of overdue accounts
  3. To compare the aged account receivable schedule allowance relative to the amount of expired accounts
  4. To compare the aged account receivable schedule allowance relative to the amount of undue accounts

Answer(s): B



The analyst should keep in mind that (1) if earning are adjusted from LIFO to FIFO and (2) if after-tax income or after-tax cash flow are used as the appropriate measure of economic income, then the adjustment should be net of:

  1. Net difference between the Earnings and income tax liability adjustments
  2. Net difference between the inventory and income tax liability adjustments
  3. Income tax effect (either additional taxes or benefit) associated with it
  4. GDP rate (either additional taxes or benefit) associated with it

Answer(s): C



___________ is the method that produces the largest, quickest depreciation deductions is the one most often selected by closely held businesses, since they are most eager to minimize reported taxable income.

  1. MACRS
  2. Declining balance method
  3. Straight –line method
  4. Sum-of-years

Answer(s): A



Depletion is relatively easy to define; it is very difficult to measure. Because of:

  1. Percentage depletion
  2. Unrelated depletion methods
  3. Reasonable estimates can be subject to wide variations
  4. None of these

Answer(s): C



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