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Pincus Associates uses the allowance method to account for bad debts. $2024$ was the first year of operations for Pincus, so it had a $$0$ opening balance in its allowance for uncollectible accounts. During $2024,$ Pincus provided a total of $$255,000$ of services on account. In $2024,$ the company wrote off uncollectible accounts of $$10,200.$ By the end of $2024,$ cash collections on accounts recelvable totaled $$214,200.$ Pincus estimates that $20\%$ of the accounts recelvable balance at $\frac{12}{31}\frac{?}{2024}$ will prove uncollectible.

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What journal entry did Pincus record to write off uncollectible accounts during $2024?$

What journal entry should Pincus record to recognize bad debt expense for $2024?$

Note: If no entry is required for a transaction$/$event$,$ select $"$No journal entry required" in the first account field.

$\backslash$table$[[$No$,$Event,General Journal,Debit,Credit$],[1,1,$Allowance for uncollectible accounts,$10,200,],[,,$Accounts receivable,,$10,200],[2,,,,],[,2,$Bad debt expense,,$],[,,$Allowance for uncollectible accounts,,$]]$