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A company ages its accounts receivables to determine its end of period adjustment for bad debts. At the end of the current year, management estimated that $22,750 of the accounts receivable balance would be uncollectible. Prior to any year-end adjustments, the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts had a credit balance of $445. What adjusting entry should the company make at the end of the current year to record its estimated bad debts expense

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Answer:

The appropriate answer is "$22,305".

Explanation:

The given values are:

Estimated uncollectible,

= $22,750

Credit balance in allowance,

= $445

Now,

The bad debt expense will be:

= [tex]Estimated \ uncollectible-Credit \ balance \ in \ allowance[/tex]

By substituting the values, we get

= [tex]22750-445[/tex]

= [tex]22305[/tex] ($)

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