Kelly€™s Collectibles sells nearly half its merchandise on credit. During the past four years, the following data were developed for credit sales and losses from uncollectible accounts:

Required:
1. Calculate the loss rate for each year from 2008 through 2011. (Note: Round answers to three decimal places.)
2. Determine if there appears to be a significant change in the loss rate over time.
3. If credit sales for 2012 are $415,000, explain what loss rate you would recommend to estimate bad debts.
4. Using the rate you recommend, record bad debt expense for 2012.
5. Assume that the increase in Kelly€™s sales in 2012 was largely due to granting credit to customers who would have been denied credit in previous years. How would this change your answer to part 4? Describe a legitimate business reason why Kelly€™s would adopt more lenient credit terms.
6. Using the data from 2008 through 2011, estimate the increase in income from operations in total for each of those four years assuming (a) the average gross margin is 40% and (b) 20% of the sales would have been lost if no credit was granted.

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Losses fronm Year of Sales Credit Sas Uncollectible Accounts 2009 2010 2011 Total $205,000 185,000 209,000 253,000 $852,000 $15,527 11,692 14,184 21,933 $63,336