Response to the following problem:
Great Hospital has $100,000 of accounts receivable at December 31, 20X1. It is estimated that 9 percent of these accounts will eventually prove to be bad debts and, therefore, uncollectible. During 20X2, $8,300 of the 20X1 accounts receivable are written off as bad debts.
Required: Make general journal entries to record
(1) the estimated bad debts at December 31, 20X1, and
(2) the write-off of bad accounts during 20X2.