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On January 1,Year 1,Alliance Company Had the Following Balances for Accounts

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On January 1,Year 1,Alliance Company had the following balances for accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts:
 Accounts Receivable $750,000 (debit)  Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 50,000 (credit) \begin{array}{ll}\text { Accounts Receivable } & \$ 750,000 \text { (debit) } \\\text { Allowance for Doubtful Accounts } &50,000 \text { (credit) }\end{array}
During Year,1 the company made $3,200,000 in credit sales,collected $3,000,000 of accounts receivable and wrote off $20,000 of accounts receivable as uncollected.
Required:
A) What is the company's preadjustment balance in accounts receivable on December 31 , Year 1 ?
B) What is the preadjustment balance in allowance for doubtful accounts on December 31 , Year 1?
C) Assume an analysis of aging of accounts receivable indicates that $45,000 \$ 45,000 of the current accounts receivable balance is uncollected. By what amount will the allowance for doubtful accounts need to be adjusted?
Prepare the adjusting entry for Year 1 for allowance for doubtful accounts.

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