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A bad debt occures when a customer doesn't pay to the company, the company has to consider this as an expense as payment will not be received, so:

Debit the Bad Debt Expense and take this to Income Statement expenses(overheads).

Credit the Receivables In the balance Sheet as bad debts means customer will not pay, so you are decreasing your receivable asset which normally is a debit becaused of being an asset but to decrease the asset, do the opposite, i.e. Credit it.

Debit: Bad Debt Expense (Income Statement)

Credit: Receivables (Balance Sheet)

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