At the beginning of the current period, Cato Enterprises Ltd. had balances in Accounts Receivable...

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At the beginning of the current period, Cato Enterprises Ltd. had balances in Accounts Receivable of \(\$ 2,121,000\) and in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of \(\$ 141,000\)(credit). During the period, Cato had credit sales of \(\$ 4,275,000\) with cost of goods sold of \(\$ 3,102,000\) and collections of \(\$ 5,194,000\). It wrote off \(\$ 184,000\) of accounts receivable. However, a \(\$ 26,000\) account written off as uncollectible was recovered before the end of the current period. Uncollectible accounts are estimated to total \(\$ 89,000\) at the end of the period.Prepare the entry to record bad debts expense for the period. (List all debit entries before credit entries. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

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