Blackfly Ltd. had sales of $500,000 in 2007, all made on credit terms. The company collected $25,000 from credit sales made in 2006, and at the end of 2007 its customers owed the company $50,000. If its accounting policy is to provide for bad debts on the basis of 1% of sales, the bad debt expense would be * $10,000 $7,500 $5,500 $5,000 none of the above

Blackfly Ltd. had sales of $500,000 in 2007, all made on credit terms. The company collected $25,000 from credit sales made in 2006, and at the end of 2007 its customers owed the company $50,000. If its accounting policy is to provide for bad debts on the basis of 1% of sales, the bad debt expense would be * $10,000 $7,500 $5,500 $5,000 none of the above

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