Bad Debts Expense Is Considered

question 24

Multiple Choice

Bad Debts Expense is considered

• A) an avoidable cost in doing business on a credit basis.
• B) an internal control weakness.
• C) a necessary risk of doing business on a credit basis.
• D) avoidable unless there is a recession.

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Definitions:

Diminishing Marginal Utility

The economic principle stating that as a person increases consumption of a product, there is a decline in the additional satisfaction or utility that person derives from consuming one more unit of the product.

Increasing Opportunity Costs

The principle that the cost of forgoing the next best alternative increases as one allocates more resources to a certain activity.

Value Losses

Decreases in the worth or market value of an asset over time.

Cash Gift-Giving

The practice of giving money as a present to friends or family members on special occasions or celebrations.