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allowance for doubtful accounts

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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
An estimation made by a company and documented on its balance sheet for receivables that might go uncollected.

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It is standard practice for a company to have funds set aside for money that cannot be collected.

allowance for doubtful accounts
A balance-sheet account established to offset expected bad debts. If a firm has made a sufficient provision in its allowance for doubtful accounts, reported earnings will not be penalized by bad debts when the bad debts occur. If uncollectible accounts are larger than expected, however, the firm will have to increase the size of the account and reduce reported income. Also called allowance for bad debts, reserve for bad debts.
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