The Effect on the Accounting Reports of the Current Year

question 57

Multiple Choice

The effect on the accounting reports of the current year of not taking into account a bad debt would be:

• A)to overstate the asset accounts receivable.
• B)to overstate profit.
• C)Both A and B.
• D)Neither A nor B.

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