The Allowance for Bad Debts account has a debit balance of $9,000 before the adjusting entry for bad debts expense. After analyzing the accounts in the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger using the aging-of-receivables method, the company's management estimates that uncollectible accounts will be $13,000. What amount of bad debts expense will be reported on the income statement?

		$5,000
		$13,000
		$4,000
		$22,000