The 2012 annual report of Johnson Services reveals the following information. The dollar amounts are end-of-year balances.
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Johnson estimates bad debts each year at 2 percent of credit sales.
a. Compute the actual amount of write-offs during 2012.
b. Infer the journal entries that explain the activity in accounts receivable and the related allowance account during 2012.