In the balance sheet at the end of its first year of operations, Dinty Inc. reported an allowance for uncollectible accounts of $82,200. During the year, Dinty wrote off $30,700 of accounts receivable it had attempted to collect and failed. Credit sales for the year were $2,270,000, and cash collections from credit customers totaled $1,800,000.

What bad debt expense would Dinty report in its first-year income statement?

Multiple Choice

• $82,200.
• $51,500.
• $112,900.