Gold Steel Inc. has the following information reported on its $2025$ comparative Balance Sheet:

Additional information: During $2025,$ Gold Steel wrote$-$off $$23,000$ of accounts that had been identified as uncollectible. Gold Steel makes all sales on account and collected $$1,950,000$

from customers in $2025.$

REQUIRED: Provide answers to questions $1-3$ in the space provided. You must show all calculations to earn any credits.

Provide the journal entry that Gold Steel made during $2025$ to record the write$-$off.

What is the amount of Gold Steel's $2025$ credit sales?

What is the amount that Gold Steel recorded as bad debt expense on its $2025$ income statement?