How much bad debt expense will be recorded


Walt's Hot Peppers began 2008 with a debit balance in Accounts Receivable of $20,000 and a credit balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $1,500. During the year, Walt's Hot Peppers sold $400,000 of product and collected $340,000 from customers. In addition, Walt's wrote off $1,000 of Accounts Receivable as uncollectable. Management uses the allowance method to account for bad debts and believes that ultimately that 8% of the year-end balance in Accounts Receivable will not be collected. How much Bad Debt Expense will be recorded in 2008?

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