The challenge businesses face when estimating the allowance for previously recorded sales is that:

A. past default rates are not a good predictor of future default rates.
B. at the time of the sale, it is not known which particular customer will not make their payment.
C. those sales have been closed into retained earnings.
D. in bad economic times, fewer customers will have problems with their payments.


Answer: B

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