The following information relates to a company's accounts receivable: gross accounts receivable balance at the beginning of the year, $$350,000$; allowance for uncollectible accounts at the beginning of the year, $$24,000($credit balance$)$; credit sales during the year, $$1,200,000$; accounts receivable written off during the year, $$15,000$; cash collections from customers, $$1,100,000.$ Assuming the company estimates bad debts at an amount equal to $2\%$ of credit sales.

Calculate bad debt expense for the year.

Calculate the year$-$end balance in the allowance for uncollectible accounts.

$\backslash$table$[[1.$ Bad debt expense,$$,24,000],[2.$ Ending balance,vdots,$33,000]]$