Blue Skies Equipment Company uses the aging approach to estimate bad debt expense at the end of each accounting year. Credit sales occur frequently on terms n/60. The balance of each account receivable is aged on the basis of three time periods as follows: (1) not yet due, (2) up to one year past due, and (3) more than one year past due. Experience has shown that for each age group, the average loss rate on the amount of the receivable at year-end due to uncollectibility is (a) 9 percent, (b) 9 percent, and (c) 33 percent, respectively.

At December 31, 2019 (end of the current accounting year), the Accounts Receivable balance was $50,500 and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts balance was $1,040 (credit). In determining which accounts have been paid, the company applies collections to the oldest sales first. To simplify, only five customer accounts are used; the details of each on December 31, 2019, follow:

B. BrownAccount Receivable
Date	Explanation	Debit	Credit	Balance
03/11/2018	Sale	14,600		14,600
06/30/2018	Collection		4,600	10,000
01/31/2019	Collection		4,200	5,800

D. DonaldsAccount Receivable
Date	Explanation	Debit	Credit	Balance
02/28/2019	Sale	22,100		22,100
04/15/2019	Collection		8,000	14,100
11/30/2019	Collection		4,300	9,800

N. NapierAccount Receivable
Date	Explanation	Debit	Credit	Balance
11/30/2019	Sale	9,300		9,300
12/15/2019	Collection		2,600	6,700

S. StrothersAccount Receivable
Date	Explanation	Debit	Credit	Balance
03/02/2017	Sale	5,800		5,800
04/15/2017	Collection		5,800	0
09/01/2018	Sale	10,300		10,300
10/15/2018	Collection		3,200	7,100
02/01/2019	Sale	21,400		28,500
03/01/2019	Collection		8,300	20,200
12/31/2019	Sale	3,400		23,600

T. ThomasAccount Receivable
Date	Explanation	Debit	Credit	Balance
12/30/2019	Sale	4,600		4,600

1. Compute the total accounts receivable in each age category.

	Amount
Not yet due
Up to one year past due
More than one year past due
Total accounts receivable	$0

Compute the estimated uncollectible amount for each age category and in total.

	Amount
Not yet due
Up to one year past due
More than one year past due
Total	$0

3. Prepare the adjusting entry for bad debt expense at December 31, 2019

4. Show how the amounts related to accounts receivable should be presented on the 2019 income statement and balance sheet.