34. On December 31, 2012, Mark Inc. estimates future bad debts to be $6,500. The Allowance
for Uncollectible Accounts has a credit balance of $2,500 before any year-end adjustment.
What adjustment should Mark Inc. record for the estimated bad debts on December 31, 2012?
35. Suppose that the balance of a company’s Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts was
$6,200 (credit) at the end of 2012, prior to any adjustments. The company estimated that the
total of uncollectible accounts in its accounts receivable was $44,300 at the end of 2012. Total
accounts receivable were $150,000 on December 31, 2012, and total credit sales for 2012
were $330,000. What amount of bad debt expense would appear in the company’s 2012
income statement, assuming the company uses the percentage-of–receivables method?