On december 31, year 3, alpha company had an ending balance of $200,000 in its accounts receivable account and an unadjusted (current) balance in its allowance for doubtful accounts account of $300. alpha estimates uncollectible accounts expense to be 1% of receivables. based on this information, the amount of uncollectible accounts expense shown on the year 3 income statement is:

Te answer is: $1,700

Explanation:

Alpha Company estimates that its allowance for Doubtful Accounts account should be 1% of Accounts Receivable account; this equals $200,000 x 1% = $2,000.

If at the end of the year, the balance of Doubtful Accounts account was $300, this means only $1,700 of accounts receivable was bad credit. So the actual percentage of bad credit given by the company was 0.85%.

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