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On January 1,2016,Kincaid Company's Accounts Receivable and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts carried balances of $31,000 and $500,respectively.During the year Kincaid reported $72,500 of credit sales.Kincaid wrote off $550 of receivables as uncollectible in 2016.Cash collections of receivables amounted to $74,550.Kincaid estimates that it will be unable to collect one percent (1%)of credit sales.
-Kincaid's entry to recognize the write-off of the uncollectible accounts will
A)increase total assets and total equity.
B)increase total assets and decrease total equity.
C)decrease total assets and total equity.
D)not affect total assets or total equity.

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The write-off of uncollectible accounts decreases both Accounts Receivable and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts by the same amount, leaving total assets and total equity unchanged.

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