Table 9-11 Mark's Sales
at the Beginning of 2019, Mark's

question 76

Multiple Choice

Table 9-11 Mark's Sales
At the beginning of 2019, Mark's sales had the following ledger balances:
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Date } & \text { Accounts Receivable } & \text { Debit } & \text { Credit } & \text { Balance } \\\hline & & & & 24,000 \text { Dr. } \\\hline & & & & \\\hline\end{array}$$ $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Date } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Allowance for } \\\text { Doubtful Accounts }\end{array} & \text { Debit } & \text { Credit } & \text { Balance } \\\hline & & & & 1,000 \mathrm { Cr } \text {. } \\\hline & & & & \\\hline\end{array}$$ $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Date } & \text { Bad Debts Expense } & \text { Debit } & \text { Credit } & \text { Balance } \\\hline & & & & \\\hline & & & & \\\hline\end{array}$$ During the year there were $450,000 of credit sales, $460,000 of collections, and $3,700
of write-offs.
-Refer to Table 9-11. At the end of the year, Mark's adjusted for uncollectible account expense using the aging method, and calculated an amount of $1,600 as their estimate of uncollectible accounts. At the end of the year, what was the balance in the uncollectible account expense?

• A)$2,300
• B)$5,400
• C)$4,300
• D)$2,700

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