An aging of a company's accounts receivable indicates that $5,000 are estimated to be uncollectible. If Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a $900 credit balance, the adjustment to record bad debts for the period will require a

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To adjust for bad debts, the company should debit Bad Debt Expense for the estimated uncollectible amount of $5,000, and credit Allowance for Doubtful Accounts for the same amount. However, since the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts already has a $900 credit balance, only $4,100 ($5,000 - $900) needs to be debited to the allowance account. This will bring the allowance account balance to $5,000, which will match the estimated uncollectible amount. Therefore, the correct choice is C, debit to Bad Debt Expense for $4,100.

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