f the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a $1,000 debit balance prior to making the end-of-period adjusting entry for bad debts, then it must mean that: Muriple Choice actual write-offs exceeded the estimated amount the company allowed for bad debts by $1,000. $1,000 fewer accounts were written off than the company expected. the company recovered $1,000 of accounts that were previously written-oft, the company had credit sales of 51,000