At December 31, 2022, the trial balance of Concord Corporation contained the following amounts before adjustment. Accounts Receivable Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Sales Revenue Debit $189,800 (d) Credit $1,570 871,700 (a) Prepare the adjusting entry at December 31, 2022, to record bad debt expense, assuming that the aging schedule indicates that $11,020 of accounts receivable will be uncollectible. (b) Repeat part (a), assuming that instead of a credit balance there is a $1,570 debit balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. (c) During the next month, January 2023, a $2,050 account receivable is written off as uncollectible. Prepare the journal entry to record the write-off. Repeat part (c), assuming that Concord Corporation uses the direct write-off method instead of the allowance method in accounting for uncollectible accounts receivable.

At December 31, 2022, the trial balance of Concord Corporation contained the following amounts before adjustment. Accounts Receivable Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Sales Revenue Debit $189,800 (d) Credit $1,570 871,700 (a) Prepare the adjusting entry at December 31, 2022, to record bad debt expense, assuming that the aging schedule indicates that $11,020 of accounts receivable will be uncollectible. (b) Repeat part (a), assuming that instead of a credit balance there is a $1,570 debit balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. (c) During the next month, January 2023, a $2,050 account receivable is written off as uncollectible. Prepare the journal entry to record the write-off. Repeat part (c), assuming that Concord Corporation uses the direct write-off method instead of the allowance method in accounting for uncollectible accounts receivable.

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