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In its first year of business, ABC, Inc. had Accounts Receivable of $8,000 and Credit sales of $38,000. Management estimates 2% of the total credit sales will be uncollectible. Bad Debt Expense equals ______.Multiple choice question.$0, because Bad Debt Expense is recorded later when the customers do not pay$760$750$160

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In its first year of business, ABC, Inc. had Accounts Receivable of 8,000andCreditsalesof8,000 and Credit sales of 38,000. Management estimates 2% of the total credit sales will be uncollectible. Bad Debt Expense equals ______.Multiple choice question.0,becauseBadDebtExpenseisrecordedlaterwhenthecustomersdonotpay0, because Bad Debt Expense is recorded later when the customers do not pay760750750160

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The Bad Debt Expense is calculated as a percentage of the total credit sales. In this case, management estimates that 2% of the total credit sales will be uncollectible.

Here's how you calculate it:

  1. Identify the total credit sales. In this case, the total credit sales are $38,000.
  2. Determine the percentage of credit sales that is estimated to be uncollectible. In this case, it's 2%.
  3. Multiply the total credit sales by the percentage of uncollectible sales.

So, 38,000238,000 * 2% = 760

Therefore, the Bad Debt Expense equals $760.

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