ACCT 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Financial Statement, Credit Risk, Accounts Receivable

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30 Aug 2018
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If the credit policy is too tight, you will lose sales b. Companies should determine a required payment period and communicate that policy to their customers b. The payment period should be consistent with that of competitors. Companies should prepare an accounts receivable aging schedule at least monthly b. Helps managers estimate the timing of future cash inflows c. Provides information about the collection experience of the company and identifies problem accounts d. significant concentrations of credit risk must be discussed in the notes to its financial statements. Accelerating cash receipts: sell receivables to a factor (which is a company that buys receivables from businesses for a fee and then collects the payments directly from the customers) Three reasons for the sale of receivables: 1. Companies may sell receivables because they may be the only reasonable source of cash 3. Billing and collection are often time-consuming and costly.

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