Difference between reserves for bad debts & provision for
bad debts.

Answer Posted / vatsal vora

Provision for bad debt is an appropriation of profit to combat bad debt against a particular doubtful debtor/s while reserve for doubtful debt is an appropriation of profit for general business bad debts contingent to occur in future.

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