The CHS Company has provided the following information:
Accounts receivable written-off as uncollectible during the year amounted to $11,500.
The accounts receivable balance at the beginning of the year was $150,000.
The accounts receivable balance at the end of the year was $210,000.
The allowance for doubtful accounts balance at the beginning of the year was $14,000.
The allowance for doubtful accounts balance at the end of the year after the recording of bad debt expense was $12,900.
Credit sales during the year totaled $900,000.
How much was CHS Company's bad debt expense?

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The CHS Company has provided the following information:
Accounts receivable written-off as uncollectible during the year amounted to $11,500.
The accounts receivable balance at the beginning of the year was $150,000.
The accounts receivable balance at the end of the year was $210,000.
 The allowance for doubtful accounts balance at the beginning of the year was $14,000.
 The allowance for doubtful accounts balance at the end of the year after the recording of bad debt expense was $12,900.
 Credit sales during the year totaled $900,000.
How much was CHS Company's bad debt expense?

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Ending allowance for doubtful accounts ($12,900) = Beginning allowance for doubtful accounts ($14,000) - Accounts receivable write-offs ($11,500) + Bad debt expense ($10,400).

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