Providing for Doubtful Accounts

At the end of the current year, the accounts receivable account has a balance of $$2,801,000$ and sales for the year total $$43,500,000.$

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Determine the amount of the adjusting entry to provide for doubtful accounts under each of the following independent assumptions:

a$.$ The allowance account before adjustment has a negative balance of $$(22,700).$ Bad debt expense is estimated at $\frac{3}{4}$ of $1\%$ of sales.

b$.$ The allowance account before adjustment has a negative balance of $$(22,700).$ An aging of the accounts in the customer ledger indicates estimated doubtful accounts of $$370,000.$

c$.$ The allowance account before adjustment has a positive balance of $$9,100.$ Bad debt expense is estimated at $\frac{1}{4}$ of $1\%$ of sales.

d$.$ The allowance account before adjustment has a positive balance of $$9,100.$ An aging of the accounts in the customer ledger indicates estimated doubtful accounts of $$210,000.$