Using the balance sheet of Google provided in the next page, answer the following questions

As of December 31^st, 2005, how much does Google expect to collect from its customers in the future because of sales that were made prior to January 1^st, 2006?

Assume that Google had written off $2,500 (thousand) of its accounts receivable as permanently uncollectible during the year ended December 31^st, 2005. How much bad debt expense did Google record during 2005?

Google Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except par value)

		December 31,
		2004				2005
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	426,873			$	3,877,174
Marketable securities			1,705,424				4,157,073
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $3,962 and $14,852			311,836				687,976
Income taxes receivable			70,509
Deferred income taxes, net			19,463				49,341
Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets			159,360				229,507
Total current assets			2,693,465				9,001,071
Property and equipment, net			378,916				961,749
Goodwill			122,818				194,900
Intangible assets, net			71,069				82,783
Deferred income taxes, net, non-current			11,590
Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets, non-current			35,493				31,310
Total assets		$	3,313,351			$	10,271,813
Liabilities and Stockholders Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		$	32,672			$	115,575
Accrued compensation and benefits			82,631				198,788
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities			64,111				114,377
Accrued revenue share			122,544				215,771
Deferred revenue			36,508				73,099
Income taxes payable							27,774
Current portion of equipment leases			1,902
Total current liabilities			340,368				745,384
Deferred revenue, long-term			7,443				10,468
Liability for stock options exercised early, long-term			5,982				2,083
Deferred income taxes, net							35,419
Other long-term liabilities			30,502				59,502
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders equity:
Class A and Class B common stock, $0.001 par value: 9,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005, 266,917, and 293,027 shares issued and outstanding, excluding 7,605, and 3,303 shares subject to repurchase (see Note 10) at December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005			267				293
Additional paid-in capital			2,582,352				7,477,792
Deferred stock-based compensation			(249,470	)			(119,015	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income			5,436				4,019
Retained earnings			590,471				2,055,868
Total stockholders equity			2,929,056				9,418,957
Total liabilities and stockholders equity		$	3,313,351			$	10,271,813