Question

Using the aging method of accounts receivable method, $5,000 of the company's Accounts Receivable are estimated to be uncollectible. At the end of the year, the balance of Accounts Receivable is $100,000 and the unadjusted credit balance of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is $500. Credit sales during the year totaled $150,000. What is the current year's Bad Debt Expense?

Answer 1

The correct answer is $4,500.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the scenario, the given data are as follows:

Uncollectible Account receivable = $5,000

Account receivable balance = $100,000

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts = $500

Credit sales = $150,000

So, we can calculate the bad debt expense by using following formula:

Bad debt expense = Uncollectible Account receivable - Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

by putting the value, we get

Bad debt expense = $5,000 - $500

= $4,500.