Required: 1. Compute the required balance of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at December 31 using an aging of accounts receivable.

2. Prepare the adjusting entry to record bad debts expense at December 31. (Round percentage answers to nearest whole percent. Do not round intermediate calculations.) 3. On June 30 of the next year, Jarden concludes that a customers $3,800 receivable is uncollectible and the account is written off. Does this write-off directly affect Jarden's net income?

Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] On December 31, Jarden Company's Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has an unadjusted credit balance of $16,500. Jarden prepares a schedule of its December 31 accounts receivable by age