Bad Debt Expense Percentage The bad debt expense percentage measures the expected uncollectibility on credit sales.
Working with your bad debt expense percentage Most businesses have some level of bad debt expense. No bad debt expense probably means that you are too restrictive in accepting credit risk while too many bad debts may mean you are extending too much credit to unworthy credit risks. An increase in the bad debt expense percentage is a negative sign, since it indicates that you are accepting more credit risk and increasing the potential for future write-offs. |