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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a normal negative balance of $1,000 at the end of the year, but an analysis of the aging of customers' accounts indicates the allowance should be $15,000. What is the effect of the adjustment on the accounting equation?
Bad debt expense, A/R, Retained Earnings?
Record Bad debt expense $14,000,
Reduce A/R and Retained Earnings by the same amount