Calculating Bad Debt Expense

NOTE 12 - BAD DEBT EXPENSE

The company is estimating that 1% of sales will be deemed as bad debt expense. Below provides the calculation used in determining the Company's yearly bad debt expense.

  YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3
Total Sales $582,401 $673,775 $784,411
Bad Debt Percentage of Sales 1% 1% 1%
Total Yearly Bad Debt Expense $ 5,824 $ 6,738 $ 7,844

 

The total bad debt expense is assumed to be uncollectible and thus completely written off in the year incurred. As a result, the Company will not establish an allowance for doubtful account, nor an account receivable.