Suppose that the U. S. government decides to charge cola producers a tax. Before the tax, 35,000 cases of cola were sold every week at a price of $4 per case. After the tax, 30,000 cases of cola are sold every week; consumers pay $6 per case, and producers receive $3 per case (after paying the tax). The amount of the tax on a case of cola is $ per case. Of this amount the burden that fails on consumer is $

On december 31 of the current year, the unadjusted trial balance of a company using the percent of receivables method to estimate bad debt included the following: accounts receivable, debit balance of $97,900; allowance for doubtful accounts, credit balance of $1,031. what amount should be debited to bad debts expense, assuming 6% of outstanding accounts receivable at the end of the current year are estimated to be uncollectible?