Manning Company uses the allowance method. At the end of its first year of operations, the company estimates that it will not collect $2,500 of its accounts receivable. Prepare the appropriate adjusting journal entry to establish the estimate for uncollectible accounts. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

What could explain why a decrease in taxes could lead to a less-than-proportionate increase in output? a. as a result of diminishing returns to current consumption, consumers may choose to spread the extra spending over the long term rather than consuming the proceeds of a tax cut all at once. b. consumers may choose to save much of the tax cut in anticipation of having to pay higher taxes in the future. c. a decrease in taxes will necessitate lower government outlays, thus largely offsetting the higher consumption expenditures of households. d. all of the above. e. a and b only.