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Accounts receivable refers to the amounts to be received within a short period from customers upon the sale of goods and services on account. In other words, accounts receivable are amounts customers owe to the business. Accounts receivable is an asset of a business.
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. In other words, the estimated uncollectible accounts receivable are known as bad debt expense.
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To calculate: The
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Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts: It is determined by multiplying the percentage of uncollectible with the estimated amount of allowance.
To calculate: The year-end balance in the allowance for the uncollectible accounts.
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