The Dubious Company operates in an industry where all sales are made on account.Historically,Dubious has experienced a steady 1.0% of credit sales being uncollectible.Presented below is the company's forecast of sales and expenses over the next three years.
Using this information:
a.Calculate bad debt expense and net income for each of three years,assuming uncollectible accounts are estimated as 1.0% of sales.
b.Comment on the trend in net income changes from Year 1 to Year 2 and from Year 2 to Year 3.
c.Suppose the company changes its estimate of uncollectible credit sales to 1.0% in year 1,2.0% in year 2 and 1.5% in year 3.Calculate the bad debt expense and net income for each of the three years under this alternative scenario.
d.Comment on the trend in net income changes determined in requirement c from Year 1 to Year 2 and Year 2 to Year 3.
e.Under which scenario (a or c)do you feel most confident when predicting the net income likely to be earned in Year 4? What contributes to this feeling?
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