Sage Hill Inc.’s unadjusted trial balance at December 31, 2020, included the following accounts:     Debit   Credit Allowance for doubtful accounts   $8,200     Sales revenue       $2,085,000 Sales returns and allowances   61,400     Sales discounts   5,400     Sage Hill estimates its bad debt expense to be 1.5% of net sales. Determine its bad debt expense for 2020. (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 58,971.)

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Sage Hill Inc.’s unadjusted trial balance at December 31, 2020, included the following accounts:

    Debit   Credit
Allowance for doubtful accounts   $8,200    
Sales revenue       $2,085,000
Sales returns and allowances   61,400    
Sales discounts   5,400    

Sage Hill estimates its bad debt expense to be 1.5% of net sales. Determine its bad debt expense for 2020. (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 58,971.)

Bad debt expense   $Enter your answer in accordance to the question statement 
 
 
At the end of its first year of operations, on December 31, 2020, Splish Brothers Inc. reported the following information:

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts   $960,000
Customer accounts written off as uncollectible during 2020   23,000
Bad debt expense for 2020   97,000

What is the balance in accounts receivable at December 31, 2020, before subtracting the allowance for doubtful accounts?

Accounts receivable, before deducting allowance for doubtful accounts   $Enter your answer in accordance to the question statement 
 
 
The following accounts were taken from Skysong Inc.’s unadjusted trial balance at December 31, 2020:

    Debit   Credit
Sales revenue (all on credit)       $960,000
Sales discounts   $22,300    
Allowance for doubtful accounts   34,700    
Accounts receivable   720,000    

If doubtful accounts are 6% of accounts receivable, what is the bad debt expense amount to be reported for 2020?

Bad debt expense   $Enter your answer in accordance to the question statement 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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