A trial balance before adjustment included the following:

Estimates of uncollectible accounts are expected to be $5\%$ of gross accounts receivable

Use the information above to determine the following:

Net sales $($on the income statement for the period$)?$

Accounts receivable $($on the balance sheet at the end of the period$)?$

Bad debt expense?

Allowance for doubtful accounts had a credit balance of $$5,500$ at the beginning

of the period. What amount of receivables was written off during the period?

If an additional $$500$ of receivables were written off during the period, what would

bad debt expense have been?