I'm coming up with mixed answers for this, and have some further questions. If I simply choose to create a general journal entry to move the invoices in questions from Accounts Receivable to my Bad Debt account, is there any other step I have to take to remove this from AR? I still see it when I pull the AR report, but I also see the negative amount to wash it out and basically make the total due $0.00

What is the difference from creating the journal entry (as I did) and going to customers > receive payments > and adding that 'discount' to the bad debt account?