Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Balance at Provision Write-offs, Balance Allowance for doubtful accounts Beginning for Doubtful Net of at end of (In Thousands) of Period Accounts Recoveries Period Year ended December 31, 2019 $90,775 $39,270 $(35,484) $94,561 Year ended December 31, 2018 92,571 39,762 (41,558) 90,775 Year ended December 31, 2017 97,920 20,603 (25,952) 92,571 Year ended December 31, 2016 89,789 10,863 (2,732) 97,920 MGM reported the following on its balance sheets. $ thousands 2019 2018 2017 2016 Accounts receivable, net $612,717 $657,206 $540,545 $542,924 a. Analyze the allowance account for each of the four years by computing the ratio of the allowance to gross accounts receivable. Note: Round the percentage to two decimal places (for example, enter 14.56% for 14.55555%). 2016 2018 2019 2017 14.62% Allowance / Accounts receivable, gross 15.28 % 12.14% 13.37 % b. Reformulate the income statement and balance sheet accounts listed below for all four years to reflect the four-year average of the allowance to gross accounts receivable. Assume that the tax rate is 22% for all four years. Follow the process in Analyst Adjustments 5.2; income statement first, followed by balance sheet. Note: Do not round until your final answers; round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar. 2019 Adjustments to income statement accounts: $ thousands 2016 2017 2018 Bad debts expense 0 x $ 0 x $ 0 x $ Income tax expense 0 X 0 X 0 x Net income 0 x 0 x 0 x 0 x 0 x 0 x 2019 0 Adjustments to balance sheet accounts: $ thousands 2016 2017 2018 Allowance for doubtful accounts $ 0 x $ 0 x $ 0 X $ Accounts receivable, net 0 x 0 x 0 x Deferred tax liabilities 0 x 0 X 0 x Retained earnings 0x 0X 0 x 0 0 0 c. Ignoring the analysis in part b, assume that we anticipate that the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 will shrink gambling activities worldwide. This will impair existing (2019) accounts receivable. For each of the 2019 balance sheet and income statement accounts listed below indicate what adjustments would be required under the assumption that the allowance to gross receivables ratio will increase to 25% of total gross receivables. Note: Do not round until your final answers; round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar. $thousands Increase, Decrease, or No Change Bad debts expense $ 0 x Increase Income tax expense $ 0 x Decrease Net income $ 0X Decrease Allowance for doubtful accounts $ 0 x Increase Accounts receivable, net $ 0x Decrease Deferred tax liabilities $ 0 x Increase Retained earnings $ 0X Decrease