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Equipment Installment Plans | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Receivables [Abstract] |
Equipment Installment Plans | Note 4 Equipment Installment Plans UScellular sells devices to customers under equipment installment plans over a specified time period. For certain equipment installment plans, after a specified period of time or amount of payments, the customer may have the right to upgrade to a new device and have the remaining unpaid equipment installment contract balance waived, subject to certain conditions, including trading in the original device in good working condition and signing a new equipment installment contract. The following table summarizes equipment installment plan receivables.
| September 30, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |
Equipment installment plan receivables, gross | $ | 1,127 |  |  | $ | 1,211 |
Allowance for credit losses | (85) |  |  | (96) |
Equipment installment plan receivables, net | $ | 1,042 |  |  | $ | 1,115 |
Net balance presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as: |  |  |
Accounts receivable — Customers and agents (Current portion) | $ | 581 |  |  | $ | 646 |
Other assets and deferred charges (Non-current portion) | 461 |  |  | 469 |
Equipment installment plan receivables, net | $ | 1,042 |  |  | $ | 1,115 |
UScellular uses various inputs to evaluate the credit profiles of its customers, including internal data, information from credit bureaus and other sources. From this evaluation, a credit class is assigned to the customer that determines the number of eligible lines, the amount of credit available, and the down payment requirement, if any. These credit classes are grouped into four credit categories: lowest risk, lower risk, slight risk and higher risk. A customer's assigned credit class is reviewed periodically and a change is made, if appropriate. An equipment installment plan billed amount is considered past due if not paid within 30 days. The balance and aging of the equipment installment plan receivables on a gross basis by credit category were as follows:
| September 30, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022
| Lowest Risk |  | Lower Risk |  | Slight Risk |  | Higher Risk |  | Total |  | Lowest Risk |  | Lower Risk |  | Slight Risk |  | Higher Risk |  | Total
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unbilled | $ | 952 |  |  | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 1,064 |  |  | $ | 1,016 |  |  | $ | 98 |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 1,141 |
Billed — current | 36 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 42 |  |  | 41 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 48 |
Billed — past due | 12 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 22 |
Total | $ | 1,000 |  |  | $ | 98 |  |  | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 1,127 |  |  | $ | 1,070 |  |  | $ | 109 |  |  | $ | 26 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 1,211 |
The balance of the equipment installment plan receivables as of September 30, 2023 on a gross basis by year of origination were as follows:
| 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | Total
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lowest Risk | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 97 |  |  | $ | 480 |  |  | $ | 422 |  |  | $ | 1,000 |
Lower Risk | — |  |  | 6 |  |  | 41 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 98 |
Slight Risk | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 21 |
Higher Risk | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 8 |
Total | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 104 |  |  | $ | 530 |  |  | $ | 492 |  |  | $ | 1,127 |
The write-offs, net of recoveries for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 on a gross basis by year of origination were as follows:
|  |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | Total
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Write-offs, net of recoveries |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 38 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 58 |
Activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, in the allowance for credit losses for equipment installment plan receivables was as follows:
| September 30, 2023 |  | September 30, 2022
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |
Allowance for credit losses, beginning of period | $ | 96 |  |  | $ | 72 |
Bad debts expense | 47 |  |  | 69 |
Write-offs, net of recoveries | (58) |  |  | (54) |
Allowance for credit losses, end of period | $ | 85 |  |  | $ | 87 |

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