During 2020 a customer defaults on a $18,000 balance related to goods purchased during 2020. The corporation determines that this amount will not be recoverable and removes it from their records. Identify the accounts used in the journal entry to remove the amount from their records (noting above, that the corporation uses the allowance method to account for bad debts). V[ Select ] 18,000 Sales revenue Cash 18,000 Allowance for bad debts Bad debt expense

During 2020 a customer defaults on a $18,000 balance related to goods purchased during 2020. The corporation determines that this amount will not be recoverable and removes it from their records. Identify the accounts used in the journal entry to remove the amount from their records (noting above, that the corporation uses the allowance method to account for bad debts). V[ Select ] 18,000 Sales revenue Cash 18,000 Allowance for bad debts Bad debt expense

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