Assume the 2014 annual report for Sears Holding Corporation contained the following information (in millions): A footnote

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Assume the 2014 annual report for Sears Holding Corporation contained the following information (in millions):
2014 2013 $781 $881 42 Accounts Receivable Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. Accounts Receivable, Net 37 $839 $744

A footnote to the financial statements disclosed that accounts receivable write-offs amounted to $13 million during 2014 and $3 million during 2013. Assume that Sears did not record any recoveries.
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Determine the Bad Debt Expense for 2014 based on the above facts?

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Fundamentals of Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-1259103292

4th Canadian edition

Authors: Fred Phillips, Robert Libby, Patricia Libby, Brandy Mackintosh

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