On december 31, 2015, cool wear inc. had balances in accounts receivable and allowance for uncollectible accounts of $41,000 and
$2,050, respectively. during 2019, coolwear write off $750 in accounts receivable and determined that there should be an allowance for uncollectible accounts of $6,000 at december 31, 2019. bad debt expense for 2019 would be:
A common size income statement is an income statement expressed in percentages. Each line item is expressed as a percentage of total revenue or total sales, not as a percentage of net income.
A common size income statement is used to analyze the relative weight of the company's accounts, e.g. gross margins, net margins, manufacturing expenses relative to total sales, etc.