At the beginning of the year, accounts receivable were $162,000 and the allowance for bad debts was $13,300. during the year, sales (all on account) were $618,000, cash collections were $598,000, bad debts expense totaled $19,600, and $13,800 of accounts receivable were written off as bad debts. required: calculate the balances at the end of the year for the accounts receivable and allowance for bad debts accounts. (hint: use t-accounts to analyze each of these accounts, plug in the amounts that you know, and solve for the ending balances.)