ALLOWANCE FOR BAD DEBTS Definition

ALLOWANCE FOR BAD DEBTS is an account established to record a subtraction from ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, to allow for those accounts that will not be paid.

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DONATED ASSETS are assets received in a voluntary non-reciprocal transfer from another entity such as gifts of capital assets; usually voluntary contributions of resources to a governmental entity by a non-governmental entity.

SHAREHOLDER OF RECORD is any individual or company that owns at least one share of stock of a corporation; such shares represented by a stock certificate or record of shares held by the owners broker.

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