Milano gallery purchases the copyright on an oil painting for $418,000 on january 1, 2017. the copyright legally protects its owner for 10 more years. the company plans to market and sell prints of the original for 11 years. prepare entries to record the purchase of the copyright on january 1, 2017 and it's annual amortization on december 31, 2017.

The following information is from the 2019 records of albert book shop: accounts receivable, december 31, 2019 $ 42 comma 000 (debit) allowance for bad debts, december 31, 2019 prior to adjustment 2 comma 000 (debit) net credit sales for 2019 179 comma 000 accounts written off as uncollectible during 2017 15 comma 000 cash sales during 2019 28 comma 500 bad debts expense is estimated by the method. management estimates that $ 5 comma 300 of accounts receivable will be uncollectible. calculate the amount of bad debts expense for 2019.