Accounts receivable is defined as an asset that reflects a future payment. In actuality, an accounts receivable is a debt. How your business deals with the debt obligation, and the terms of the debt, ...

If your business collects cash from customers, you need to account for it properly. This process can become complicated if you have individual invoices or bookkeeping entries for a good or service ...

Cash is queen in a business, and you need a cash management system. One of the most critical components of cash flow involves managing your accounts receivable. However, managing accounts receivables ...

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Many companies in need of working capital, often young, growing companies without access to traditional credit, find alternative financing by factoring their accounts receivable, which involves the ...

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Q. I manually maintain an accounts receivable aging report at our office because we use a simple cash-based accounting system that doesn’t offer such reporting. Is there a way to make this more ...

Every business has some dead accounts receivable on its books. Reviving them might not be worth the effort but managing them might be. Any business that lets past-due accounts receivable accumulate is ...

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Billtrust (NASDAQ: BTRS), a B2B accounts receivable automation and integrated payments leader, released the results of an in-depth qualitative and quantitative ...

Contra accounts adjust asset values, like equipment depreciation reducing fixed assets. Increased allowance for doubtful accounts may signal rising uncollectable receivables. Companies use contra ...