The dollar-value LIFO method was adopted by Blue Corp. on January 1, 2020. Its inventory on that date was $390,700. On December 31, 2020, the inventory at prices existing on that date amounted to $369,600. The price level at January 1, 2020, was 100, and the price level at December 31, 2020, was 112.

Johnson company uses the allowance method to account for uncollectible accounts receivable. bad debt expense is established as a percentage of credit sales. for 2018, net credit sales totaled $6,400,000, and the estimated bad debt percentage is 1.40%. the allowance for uncollectible accounts had a credit balance of $61,000 at the beginning of 2018 and $49,500, after adjusting entries, at the end of 2018.required: 1. what is bad debt expense for 2018 as a percent of net credit sales? 2. assume johnson makes no other adjustment of bad debt expense during 2018. determine the amount of accounts receivable written off during 2018.3. if the company uses the direct write-off method, what would bad debt expense be for 2018?