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    Should Provision For Bad Debt Be Shown In The Profit And Loss Account? And Should The Same Provision For Bad Debts Amount Be Shown In The Following Year Balance Sheet?

    Should provision for bad debt be shown in the profit and loss account

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    Provision for bad debts is an attempt to anticipate any expected losses caused by the bad debts and to make an account to record loss which is estimated in the following year.The main entry for Provision for bad debt is
    Debit profit and loss account
    Credit provision for bad debts.
     So the entry involves the profit and loss account.

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      I will have to agree with tweety on this one as well.  I went through credit debt counseling last year, and they also stated that the entry involves the profit/loss.

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