On January 1, 2018, the Accounts Receivable and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts balances of Kendall Company were $40,000 and $1,500 respectively. During the year 2018, the company reported $80,000 of credit sales, and collected $78,200 cash from receivables. The company also wrote off $500 of receivables as uncollectible in 2018. The company estimates that it will be unable to collect 4% of the year-end accounts receivable balance.

Determine the amount of bad debts expense to be recognized in the 2018 income statement.

$152

$672

$652

$1,652