Accounts Receivable |
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| Accounts Receivable |
Allowance for doubtful accounts
The Company generates trade receivables in the ordinary course of its business and provides for estimated bad debts on such receivables. The Company adopted the new accounting guidance, ASU 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments on January 1, 2020. As a result of adopting the new guidance, the Company recorded a $10 million (net of a $2 million income tax benefit) cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings at January 1, 2020.
The following table sets forth the activity in the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts on trade accounts receivables for the nine months ended:
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- Definition The entire disclosure for accounts receivable, contract receivable, receivable held-for-sale, and nontrade receivable. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- References No definition available.
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