In General, If a Company Makes an Incorrectly Low Estimate

question 17

True/False

In general, if a company makes an incorrectly low estimate of bad debt expenses in 2016, then in later years it will have to reflect higher bad debt expenses than if it had made an accurate estimate in 2016.

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