If a Company Uses the Balance Sheet Approach to Estimate

question 134

Multiple Choice

If a company uses the balance sheet approach to estimate bad debt expense,bad debt expense for a period can be determined by:

• A)Multiplying net credit sales by the bad debt experience ratio.
• B)Adding the beginning balance in the allowance for uncollectible accounts to the provision for uncollectible accounts and deducting the desired ending balance in the allowance for uncollectible accounts.
• C)Multiplying ending accounts receivable in each age category by the expected loss ratio for each age category.
• D)Taking the difference between the unadjusted balance in the allowance account and the desired balance.

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