In the balance sheet at the end of its first year of operations, Dinty Inc. reported an allowance for uncollectible accounts of $82,600. During the year, Dinty wrote off $30,400 of accounts receivable it had attempted to collect and failed. Credit sales for the year were $2,310,000, and cash collections from credit customers totaled $1,920,000. What bad debt expense would Dinty report in its first-year income statement

$113,000

Explanation:

Calculation to determine What bad debt expense would Dinty report in its first-year income statement?

Using this formula

Bad debts expense - Write-offs = Change in Allowance balance

Bad debts expense = Change in Allowance balance + Write-offs

Let plug in the formula

Bad debts expense=$82,600+$30,400

Bad debts expense=$113,000

Therefore the bad debt expense that Dinty would report in its first-year income statement is $113,000

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