At the beginning of Year 3 Omega Company had a $75,000 balance in its accounts receivable account and a $10,400 balance in allowance for doubtful accounts. During Year 3 Omega experienced the following events. (1) Earned $256,000 of revenue on account. (2) Collected $248,000 cash from accounts receivable. (3) Wrote off $8,500 of accounts receivable as uncollectible. Omega estimates uncollectible accounts to be 4% of receivables. The December 31, Year 3 ending balance in the allowance for doubtful accounts account (balance after expense recognition) is: Multiple Choice $2,980. $8,500. $2,660. $3,300.

At the beginning of Year 3 Omega Company had a $75,000 balance in its accounts receivable account and a $10,400 balance in allowance for doubtful accounts. During Year 3 Omega experienced the following events. (1) Earned $256,000 of revenue on account. (2) Collected $248,000 cash from accounts receivable. (3) Wrote off $8,500 of accounts receivable as uncollectible. Omega estimates uncollectible accounts to be 4% of receivables. The December 31, Year 3 ending balance in the allowance for doubtful accounts account (balance after expense recognition) is: Multiple Choice $2,980. $8,500. $2,660. $3,300.

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