AFM101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Operating Expense, Income Statement, Cash Flow

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Companies rarely collect all of their a/r. So, companies must account for their uncollectible a/r (i. e. , bad debts) Customers that do not have cash available can buy on credit, so company"s sales and profits increase. This cost is called bad debt expense, uncollectible-account expense or doubtful-account expense. Bad debt expense is an operating expense reported on the income statement. Bad debts are receivables that are uncollectible because some credit customers will not pay the business the amounts they owe. Bad debt expense (e) is an expense associated with the failure to collect receivables. It is an operating expense on the income statement. Allowance for doubtful accounts (xa) is a contra-account to a/r (a), which means it is deducted from a/r. It shows the amount of receivables the business does not expect to collect. A/r is a debit balance account, so allowance for doubtful accounts is a credit balance account.

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