Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Allow Ret & Doubtful
Spanish translation:
allowance for returns and doubtful accounts
Aug 6, 2005 00:23
18 yrs ago
English term
Allow Ret & Doubtful
English to Spanish
Bus/Financial
Finance (general)
accounting / booking / ASSETS
It is an account within Current Assets.
It goes:
Acct/Note Rec & Accr Inc 11111
Acct Receivable-Trade 11111
Accts Receivable-Other 11111
Accrued Income 11111
**Less Allow Ret & Doubtful 11111*****THIS IS THE LINE
Total Acct/Notes & Accr 2222
It is a financial company.
I need to figure out what **RET** stands for within the marked line.
TIA
It goes:
Acct/Note Rec & Accr Inc 11111
Acct Receivable-Trade 11111
Accts Receivable-Other 11111
Accrued Income 11111
**Less Allow Ret & Doubtful 11111*****THIS IS THE LINE
Total Acct/Notes & Accr 2222
It is a financial company.
I need to figure out what **RET** stands for within the marked line.
TIA
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Enrique Soria
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
&
Spanish
Specializes in field
Mexico
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Spanish (Variant: Mexican)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
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allowance for returns and doubtful accounts
has nothing to do with retained earnings
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Tnx!!!"
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54 mins
allowance for retained earnings and doubtful accounts?
ACCOUNTS FOR THE 46TH FISCAL TERM
Retained Earnings Carried Forward to the Next Year, 142883367 ... Allowance for
Doubtful Accounts, -26, Long-term Borrowings, － ...
www.nitto-kohki.co.jp/e/ir/news/accounts46.htm - 55k - Cached - Similar pages
Untitled Document
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $ 3840 Retained Earnings 251160 Totals $255000
$255000 PROBLEM 7-1A (cont.) c. (20X7) Stanford & Sons ...
webhost.bridgew.edu/s1donovan/acct1/SOlEXERpromCh7.htm - 25k - Cached - Similar pages
Retained Earnings Carried Forward to the Next Year, 142883367 ... Allowance for
Doubtful Accounts, -26, Long-term Borrowings, － ...
www.nitto-kohki.co.jp/e/ir/news/accounts46.htm - 55k - Cached - Similar pages
Untitled Document
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $ 3840 Retained Earnings 251160 Totals $255000
$255000 PROBLEM 7-1A (cont.) c. (20X7) Stanford & Sons ...
webhost.bridgew.edu/s1donovan/acct1/SOlEXERpromCh7.htm - 25k - Cached - Similar pages
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Marina Soldati
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Gracias, Marina
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María Eugenia Wachtendorff
: Hello Ruth! What would "less" mean in this phrase? I think it should read "Minus".
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Yes, minus
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Enrique Soria
: RET is returns, not retained earnings in this context
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you could be right
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Maria_Elena Garcia Guevara
Peru
Peru
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Native in: Spanish (Variant: Peruvian) 
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish to English
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Descuento de cuentas dudosas / morosas y de retorno
Esa sería la traducción al español
Reference:
www.investorwords.com/181/ allowance_for_doubtful_accounts.html
www.mhhe.com/business/accounting/ garrison/Student/olc/garrison9emgracct_s/gl_a.html
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