Signs Are One of the Most Expensive and Least Effective

question 146

True/False

Signs are one of the most expensive and least effective ways of communicating with customers available to small businesses.

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Definitions:

Percentage-of-Receivables Method

An accounting method used to estimate the amount of a company's receivables that will not be collected, based on a percentage of the total receivables.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

A contra-asset account that represents the estimated amount of accounts receivable not expected to be collected.

Bad Debts Expense

An expense account that represents accounts receivable that a company does not expect to collect and writes off as a loss.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

A contra-asset account used to estimate the portion of accounts receivable that is expected not to be collected.