How do governments handle uncollectible accounts differently from healthcare and not-for-profit organizations? Governments treat uncollectible amounts as liabilities rather than expenses. Governments exclude uncollectible amounts from revenue, similar to healthcare organizations. Governments do not record uncollectible accounts at all. Governments record uncollectible amounts as revenue, then offset them with a bad debt expense.
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