The Allowance for Bad Debts Account ________

question 229

Multiple Choice

The Allowance for Bad Debts account ________.

• A) is a liability account
• B) holds the pool of "unknown" uncollectible accounts
• C) increases with a debit
• D) is added to accounts receivable

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