Chapter 5, Problem 5.9BE

To determine

Bad debt expense:

Bad debt expense is an expense account. The amounts of loss incurred from extending credit to the customers are recorded as bad debt expense. Estimated future uncollectible accounts receivable are known as bad debt expense.

Aging of receivables method:

A method of determining the estimated uncollectible receivables based on the age of individual accounts receivable is known as aging of receivables method.

To compute: The total estimated uncollectible accounts.