One Disadvantage of the Allowance Method (Over the Direct Write-Off

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True/False

One disadvantage of the allowance method (over the direct write-off method)for recording uncollectible accounts is that it generally matches bad debt expense with the revenue it helped to generate.This is generally an advantage of the allowance method.

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