The chief accountant for Bramble Corporation provides you with the following list of accounts receivable written off in the current year. Date March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31 Customer E. L. Masters Company Stephen Crane Associates Amy Lowell's Dress Shop R. Frost, Inc. Amount $7,500 6,600 6,900 9,100 Bramble follows the policy of debiting Bad Debt Expense as accounts are written off. The chief accountant maintains that this procedure is appropriate for financial statement purposes because the Internal Revenue Service will not accept other methods for recognizing bad debts. All of Bramble's sales are on a 30-day credit basis. Sales for the current year total $2,200,000. The balance in Accounts Receivable at year-end is $81,100 and an analysis of customer risk and charge-off experience indicates that 12% of receivables will be uncollectible (assume a zero balance in the allowance). Net income would be $ (b) By what amount would income before taxes differ if bad debt expense was computed using the percentage-of-receivables approach? ✓ under the percentage-of-receivables approach.

The chief accountant for Bramble Corporation provides you with the following list of accounts receivable written off in the current year. Date March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31 Customer E. L. Masters Company Stephen Crane Associates Amy Lowell's Dress Shop R. Frost, Inc. Amount $7,500 6,600 6,900 9,100 Bramble follows the policy of debiting Bad Debt Expense as accounts are written off. The chief accountant maintains that this procedure is appropriate for financial statement purposes because the Internal Revenue Service will not accept other methods for recognizing bad debts. All of Bramble's sales are on a 30-day credit basis. Sales for the current year total $2,200,000. The balance in Accounts Receivable at year-end is $81,100 and an analysis of customer risk and charge-off experience indicates that 12% of receivables will be uncollectible (assume a zero balance in the allowance). Net income would be $ (b) By what amount would income before taxes differ if bad debt expense was computed using the percentage-of-receivables approach? ✓ under the percentage-of-receivables approach.

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