1. The following is a portion of the current assets section of the balance sheets of Avanti's, Inc., at December 31, 2014 and 2013:

	12/31/14	12/31/13
Accounts receivable, less allowance for bad debts of $9,707 and $18,265, respectively	$	177,788	$	228,952

Required:
a.	If $11,885 of accounts receivable were written off during 2014, what was the amount of bad debts expense recognized for the year?

What is the bad debt expense? $____________________