At the beginning of 2015, Peter Dots has the following ledger balances: During the year, credit sales amounted to $800,000. Cash collected on credit sales amounted to $760,000 and $18,000 has been written off. At the end of the year, company adjusted for bad debts expense using the percent-of-sales method and applied a rate, based on past history, of 2.5%. The ending balance in Bad Debts Expense would be:
A)$20,000.
B)$40,000.
C)$28,000.
D)$27,000.

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At the beginning of 2015, Peter Dots has the following ledger balances:  During the year, credit sales amounted to $800,000. Cash collected on credit sales amounted to $760,000 and $18,000 has been written off. At the end of the year, company adjusted for bad debts expense using the percent-of-sales method and applied a rate, based on past history, of 2.5%. The ending balance in Bad Debts Expense would be:
A)$20,000. 
B)$40,000. 
C)$28,000. 
D)$27,000.

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The Answer of At the beginning of 2015, Peter Dots has the following ledger balances:  During the year, credit sales amounted to $800,000. Cash collected on credit sales amounted to $760,000 and $18,000 has been written off. At the end of the year, company adjusted for bad debts expense using the percent-of-sales method and applied a rate, based on past history, of 2.5%. The ending balance in Bad Debts Expense would be:
A)$20,000. 
B)$40,000. 
C)$28,000. 
D)$27,000.

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