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Equipment Installment Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

The following table summarizes equipment installment plan receivables.


December 31,	2023		2022
(Dollars in millions)
Equipment installment plan receivables, gross	$	1,151	$	1,211


Allowance for credit losses	(90)		(96)
Equipment installment plan receivables, net	$	1,061	$	1,115

Net balance presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as:
Accounts receivable — Customers and agents (Current portion)	$	577	$	646
Other assets and deferred charges (Non-current portion)	484		469
Equipment installment plan receivables, net	$	1,061	$	1,115

Equipment installment plan receivables credit categories

The balance and aging of the equipment installment plan receivables on a gross basis by credit category were as follows:


	December 31, 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	$	977	$	88	$	16	$	4	$	1,085	$	1,016	$	98	$	22	$	5	$	1,141
Billed — current	35		5		2		1		43		41		5		2		—		48
Billed — past due	12		7		3		1		23		13		6		2		1		22
Total	$	1,024	$	100	$	21	$	6	$	1,151	$	1,070	$	109	$	26	$	6	$	1,211

The balance of the equipment installment plan receivables as of December 31, 2023 on a gross basis by year of origination were as follows:


	2021		2022		2023		Total
(Dollars in millions)
Lowest Risk	$	49	$	404	$	571	$	1,024
Lower Risk	3		30		67		100
Slight Risk	—		4		17		21
Higher Risk	—		1		5		6
Total	$	52	$	439	$	660	$	1,151

The write-offs, net of recoveries for the year ended December 31, 2023 on a gross basis by year of origination were as follows:


	2021		2022		2023		Total
(Dollars in millions)
Write-offs, net of recoveries	$	13	$	45	$	17	$	75

Equipment installment plans allowance for credit losses

Activity for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, in the allowance for credit losses for equipment installment plan receivables was as follows:


	2023		2022
(Dollars in millions)
Allowance for credit losses, beginning of year	$	96	$	72
Bad debts expense	69		100
Write-offs, net of recoveries	(75)		(76)
Allowance for credit losses, end of year	$	90	$	96