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Device Payment Plan Agreement and Wireless Service Receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Receivables [Abstract] |
Device Payment Plan Receivables, Net | The following table presents information about accounts receivable, net of allowances, recorded in our consolidated balance sheet:
| At December 31, 2023
(dollars in millions) | Device payment plan agreement |  | Wireless service |  | Other receivables(1) |  | Total
Accounts receivable | $ | 13,732 |  |  | $ | 5,352 |  |  | $ | 7,018 |  |  | $ | 26,102 |
Less Allowance for credit losses | 559 |  |  | 213 |  |  | 245 |  |  | 1,017 |
Accounts receivable, net of allowance | $ | 13,173 |  |  | $ | 5,139 |  |  | $ | 6,773 |  |  | $ | 25,085 |
(1) Other receivables primarily include wireline and other receivables, of which the allowances are individually insignificant. The following table displays both the current and non-current portions of device payment plan agreement receivables, net, recognized in our consolidated balance sheets:
| (dollars in millions)
At December 31, | 2023 |  | 2022
Device payment plan agreement receivables, gross | $ | 29,206 |  |  | $ | 26,188 |
Unamortized imputed interest | (758) |  |  | (479) |
Device payment plan agreement receivables, at amortized cost | 28,448 |  |  | 25,709 |
Allowance(1) | (1,151) |  |  | (881) |
Device payment plan agreement receivables, net | $ | 27,297 |  |  | $ | 24,828 |
Classified in our consolidated balance sheets: |  |  |
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 13,173 |  |  | $ | 12,929 |
Other assets | 14,124 |  |  | 11,898 |
Device payment plan agreement receivables, net | $ | 27,297 |  |  | $ | 24,828 |
(1) Includes allowance for both short-term and long-term device payment plan agreement receivables.
Financing Receivable Credit Quality Indicators | The following table presents device payment plan agreement receivables, at amortized cost, and gross write-offs recorded, as of and for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, by credit quality indicator and year of origination:
| Year of Origination(1) |  |
(dollars in millions) | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021 and prior |  | Total
Device payment plan agreement receivables, at amortized cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New customers | $ | 3,232 |  |  | $ | 1,332 |  |  | $ | 92 |  |  | $ | 4,656 |
Existing customers | 14,120 |  |  | 9,083 |  |  | 589 |  |  | 23,792 |
Total | $ | 17,352 |  |  | $ | 10,415 |  |  | $ | 681 |  |  | $ | 28,448 |
Gross write-offs |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New customers | $ | 366 |  |  | $ | 403 |  |  | $ | 58 |  |  | $ | 827 |
Existing customers | 50 |  |  | 227 |  |  | 97 |  |  | 374 |
Total | $ | 416 |  |  | $ | 630 |  |  | $ | 155 |  |  | $ | 1,201 |
(1) Includes accounts that have been suspended at a point in time. The data presented in the table above was last updated on December 31, 2023. We assess indicators for the quality of our wireless service receivables portfolio as one overall pool. The following table presents wireless service receivables, at amortized cost, and gross write-offs recorded, as of and for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, by year of origination:
| Year of Origination |  |
(dollars in millions) | 2023 |  | 2022 and prior |  |  |  | Total
Wireless service receivables, at amortized cost | $ | 5,307 |  |  | $ | 45 |  |  |  |  | $ | 5,352 |
Gross write-offs | 317 |  |  | 153 |  |  |  |  | 470 |
The data presented in the table above was last updated on December 31, 2023.
Activity in Allowance for Credit Losses for Device Payment Plan Agreement Receivables | Activity in the allowance for credit losses by portfolio segment of receivables was as follows:
(dollars in millions) | Device Payment Plan Agreement Receivables(1) |  | Wireless Service Plan Receivables
Balance at January 1, 2023 | $ | 881 |  |  | $ | 143 |
Current period provision for expected credit losses | 1,439 |  |  | 502 |
Write-offs charged against the allowance | (1,201) |  |  | (470) |
Recoveries collected | 32 |  |  | 38 |
Balance at December 31, 2023 | $ | 1,151 |  |  | $ | 213 |
(1) Includes allowance for both short-term and long-term device payment plan agreement receivables.
Balance and Aging of Device Payment Plan Agreement Receivables on Gross Basis | The balance and aging of the device payment plan agreement receivables, at amortized cost, were as follows:
(dollars in millions) | At December 31, 2023 |  |  |  |
Unbilled | $ | 27,174 |  |  |  |  |
Billed: |  |  |  |  |
Current | 1,000 |  |  |  |  |
Past due | 274 |  |  |  |  |
Device payment plan agreement receivables, at amortized cost | $ | 28,448 |  |  |  |  |

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