Call systems company, a telephone service and supply company, has just completed its fourth year of operations. the direct write-off method of recording bad debt expense has been used during the entire period. because of substantial increases in sales volume and the amount of uncollectible accounts, the company is considering changing to the allowance method. information is requested as to the effect that an annual provision of 1% of sales would have had on the amount of bad debt expense reported for each of the past four years. it is also considered desirable to know what the balance of allowance for doubtful accounts would have been at the end of each year. the following data have been obtained from the accounts: yearsalesuncollectible accounts written offyears of origin of accounts receivablewritten off as uncollectible(1st)(2nd)(3rd)(4th)1s t $ 900,000 $ 4,500 $4,500 2nd 1,250,000 9,600 3,000 $6,600 3rd 1,500,000 12,800 1,000 3,700 $8,100 4th 2,200,000 16,550 1,500 4,300 $10,750required: 1. assemble the desired data to prepare a schedule of bad debt expense. enter decreases as negative numbers using a minus sign.. experience during the first four years of operations indicated that the receivables were either collected within two years or had to be written off as uncollectible. does the estimate of 1% of sales appear to be reasonably close to the actual experience with uncollectible accounts originating during the first two years? call systems companyschedule of bad debt expenseyearexpense actually reportedexpense based on estimateincrease (decrease) in amount of expensebalance of allowance account, end of year1st2nd3rd4th

1. revising for conciseness - eliminating flabby expressions, limiting long lead-ins, and dropping unnecessary fillerstime is money in any business environment. people want information communicated quickly and clearly. to make your writing more concise and understandable, avoid flabby expressions, long lead-ins, and unnecessary fillers. your audience will appreciate your brevity.1. if your writing contains a flabby expression like in view of the fact that, replace it with the word because / although / probably .for each of the following two sentences, choose the best revision.2. i am sending you this letter to inform you that we have experienced an unexpected surprise within our expense sheet, but we are positively certain we will solve it.1) we need to inform you that we have experienced an unexpected surprise with our expense sheet, but we are midway to an end result.2) we have identified a problem with our expense sheet, but we will solve it.3) i am sending you this letter to inform you that we have a problem with our expense sheet, but we are positively certain we have a solution.3. it is the user who should contact the center.1) everyone knows that it is the user who should contact the center.2) the user should contact the center.3) if there is a problem, the user should contact the center. read the following passage, and then answer the question.[1] you scheduled seven conference calls for this morning between 10 and 11 a. m. [2] generally, the company limits the number of conference calls to three per hour. [3] i’m letting you know that in the future, we should be more careful about scheduling.4. which revision limits the long lead-in in sentence 3? 1) in the future, we should be more careful about scheduling.2) i’m letting you know so that in the future we are more careful about scheduling calls.3) so that you know in the future, we should be more careful about scheduling.