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When a debtor does not pay the amount owing, the business has incurred a bad debt. A reserve or provision for bad debts is a contra debtors account and it shows the estimated total of future bad debts. A bad debt is an expense is the income statement. a reserve for provision for doubt debts is also treated as an expense in the income statement and reduces the debtors in the statement of financial position.
