An aging of a company's accounts receivable indicates $10,000 is estimated to be uncollectible. The company has a $2,000 debit balance in its allowance for doubtful accounts. The adjustment to record bad debt expense for the period will require a(n)

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The aging of accounts receivable indicates $10,000 is estimated to be uncollectible, therefore, the bad debt expense will be recorded as a debit for $10,000. The company's allowance for doubtful accounts already has a debit balance of $2,000, which means the $10,000 bad debt expense needs to offset this balance, resulting in a net debit of $8,000 to the Bad Debt Expense account. Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

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