Question - Metlock, Inc. uses the percentage-of-receivables basis to record bad debt expense and concludes that 3% of accounts receivable will become uncollectible. Accounts receivable are $361,400 at the end of the year, and the allowance for doubtful accounts has a credit balance of $3,039.
(a) Prepare the adjusting journal entry to record bad debt expense for the year.
(b) If the allowance for doubtful accounts had a debit balance of $979 instead of a credit balance of $3,039, prepare the adjusting journal entry for bad debt expense.