Compare Verizon's allowance for doubtful accounts, bad debt expense and write-off values to the other companies on the dashboard. How could the company's customer base affect their values? Compare Pasewark and Riley's two techniques in assessing allowance for doubtful accounts. What can be concluded from Pasewark and Riley's ratios? BIUT T' I E = 0Word(s) Using Figure 3, what two companies have the most inconsistent beginning allowance for doubtful accounts to write-off ratios? What factors have contributed to this trend? What conclusions can be drawn from the trends? BIV T, T Aut Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Analysis Figure 1: Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Changes Chevron Cisco eart Value in S -1,000 2,000 1,000 0 2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018 Bad Debt Exp 6 Beg Balance Write-offs Coca-Cola Dow Microsoft Verizon 2016 2017 2018 9102 2017 2018 Chrg to Other Ending Balance 0 -1,000 2,000 1,000 Ending Balance in $ BDE/WO Ratio Figure 2: Compare Bad Debt Expense (BDE) to Write-Offs (WO) 20- 18.22 15- 10- 5- 0 1.00 7.79 1.92 1.42 0.83 -0.35 Chevron Cisco Coca-Cola Dow Microsoft Verizon Figure 3: Compare Beginning Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (BADA) to Write-Offs (WO) BADA/WO Ratio 100 Chevron Cisco 121.2 50 23.8 54.1 10.8 4.1. 5.7 Coca-Cola Dow 119.3 46.6 35.2 6.3 3.8 2.4 5.3 2018 9102 Microsoft Verizon 3.9 3.7 0.7 0.9 10 2302 2018 9102 2017 2018