The accounting records of Belgrade Company provided the following data for 2016 from its unadjusted trial balance: Accounts receivable, Jan. 1, 2016: $180,000 Allowance for uncollectible accounts, Jan. 1, 2016: 8,000 credit Cash sales during 2016: 1,200,000 Credit sales during 2016: 1,000,000 Cash collections from credit sales during 2016: 760,000 Accounts written off as uncollectible during 2016: 5,000 On December 31, 2016, the firm’s fiscal year end, Belgrade determined that 2% of the ending balance in accounts receivable would be uncollectible. What is the Belgrade's bad debt expense for 2016?

answer; /// the above statement is (true);

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

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answerthe above statement is false;