Age Group Accounts Receivable Estimated Loss % 0.5% Current (not past due) ......... 1-30 days past due ....... 31-60 days past due ..... 61-120 days past due ..... 121-180 days past due ... Over 180 days past due ..... Total accounts receivable........... $250,000 90,000 20,000 11,000 6,000 4,000 $381,000 At the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2019, there was a credit balance of $4,350 in the Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts. During the fourth quarter, LaFond Company wrote off $3,830 in re- ceivables as uncollectible. a. What amount of bad debts expense will LaFond report for 2019? b. What is the balance of accounts receivable that it reports on its December 31, 2019, balance sheet? C. Set up T-accounts for both Bad Debts Expense and for the Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts. Enter any unadjusted balances along with the dollar effects of the information described (includ- ing your results from parts a and b). Explain the numbers in each of the T-accounts. Suppose LaFond wrote off $1,000 more in receivables in the quarter? Or, $1,000 less? How would that affect the bad debt expense for the fourth quarter? How does the aging of accounts deal with the inevitable differences between estimated cash collections and actual cash collections