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Accounts receivable are the funds due to customers for products or services that your company has rendered. The account can be a positive or a negative one. The two types are reflected in your balance sheet as accounts receivable and accounts payable. The accounts receivables balance is the number of outstanding invoices owed to non-customers. However, the accounts receivables account represents balances that your company is owed from customers who purchased from you.
So, what is managing accounts receivables? It is the process of collecting invoices and collecting payments when you have an account balance. How is that different from your general ledger accounts payable and inventory balance? In addition to balancing general ledger accounts payable and inventory balances, a company must also balance its accounts receivables.
The differences between managing accounts receivables and managing accounts payable are reflected in your profit and loss account. Unsure if you're tracking this correctly, or need solutions to optimize your process, contact Plentii today!
What is the relationship between receivables and cash collections? Accounts receivables are the funds due to customers for goods or services that your company has rendered. To collect those funds, your company must create an order to collect the receivables. Your cash collections department then takes possession of the goods or services, marks them up to cover the cost of the merchandise, and pays the customer. The difference between receivable and cash collections is your company's accounts payable balance.
What are accounts payable? Accounts payable represent all invoices that your company is legally obligated to pay and cannot legally refuse to pay. Examples of accounts payable include rent, salaries, retail sales and purchases, supplies, and bank overdrafts.
Your company records an itemized statement of accounts payable each month in your income statement, along with an itemized statement of all cash collections. Are you properly accounting for each of these items? Is keeping up with the financial minutia limiting how you handle your business? Contact Plentii to handle this for you.
What are your current assets and liabilities? Your existing assets are all of your company's assets that can be converted into cash in the event of an emergency or bankruptcy. Your current liabilities include accounts payable and other collection expenses. Your existing assets and liabilities equal your current liabilities plus your net worth, which is how you arrive at your profit and loss statement.
What is the effect of an aging schedule on your accounts payable and receivable balances? An aging schedule is a mathematical formula representing how accounts will age, based on the number of years you have measured current assets and liabilities. As your business grows and sales increase, your company will add employees and purchase more material and build capital equipment.
Your costs will increase, along with your profits, as the value of your equity increases. Because of this, your receivables will also increase over time until they reach a level where your company can pay your bills with the money you have accumulated from revenue.
How do you keep an aging schedule in effect and adjust your accounts receivables? You can keep an aging schedule in effect by not increasing your total accounts receivables over a given period. At the end of the billing cycle, you will sell your total dollars to accumulate current assets. When your company receives its next bill, you will owe a dollar amount less than the bill is worth, and your company will be able to pay your bill using the money you have accumulated.
So, in short, accounts receivables refer to goods or services that are owed and are collectible. Accounts receivables are considered current assets because they are collectible items in the business's physical possession and can be turned over to the company.
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Because of this, your accounts payable will decrease over time and will only continue to do so as you pay off the outstanding balance of your accounts receivables. A good rule of thumb is to always maintain a two percent minimum accrual basis for accounts payable. Unsure how to calculate this? That's okay; Plentii is here to help.
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