Oriental Company follows the procedure of debiting bad debt expense for 2% of all new sales. Sales for three consecutive years and year-end allowance account balances were as follows:   Sales Allowance for Bad Debts 2018 3,000,000 40,000 2019 2,800,000 60,000 2020 3,500,000 80,000 What is the am

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Oriental Company follows the procedure of debiting bad debt expense for 2% of all new sales. Sales for three consecutive years and year-end allowance account balances were as follows:

  Sales Allowance for Bad Debts
2018 3,000,000 40,000
2019 2,800,000 60,000
2020 3,500,000 80,000

What is the amount of accounts written off in 2020?

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