Smart Art Is a New Establishment

Essay

Smart Art is a new establishment. During the first year, there were credit sales of $40,000 and collections of credit sales of $36,000. One account for $650 was written off. The company decided to use the percent-of-sales method to account for bad debts expense, and use a factor of 2% for their year-end adjustment of bad debts expense. Prepare the entry to record the bad debt expense.