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Bad Debt Expense

Asked Sep 17, 2007, 11:00 AM — 1 Answer
We would like to change our bad debit expense from being an overhead expense account to a cost of sales expense account. Is this okay?

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Sep 18, 2007, 12:18 AM
Yes. Change in policy is always acceptable.

Just make sure you aren’t changing from year to year just to impact your financial statements.

But assuming you have re-evaluated and feel this new method will better reflect your business, go for it.
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