company has the following information related to Receivables:

Description Amount

Accounts Receivable, Beginning of Period $$237053$

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, Beginning of Period $$11879$

Total Sales $$230900$

Cash Sales $$102462$

A$/$R Collections from Customers $$59772$

Write$-$Offs $$2410$

Assuming the company will use $12\%$ of receivables to estimate its bad debts, how much bad debt expense will the company record in the current period? $ Blank $1.$ Calculate the answer by read surrounding text.

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