Duke Company has short-term liabilities of $30,000, long-term liabilities of $20,000, common stockholders' equity of $90,000, and total stockholders' equity of $100,000 (including the common). Duke's ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity is

On december 31 of the current year, the unadjusted trial balance of a company using the percent of receivables method to estimate bad debt included the following: accounts receivable, debit balance of $97,900; allowance for doubtful accounts, credit balance of $1,031. what amount should be debited to bad debts expense, assuming 6% of outstanding accounts receivable at the end of the current year are estimated to be uncollectible?