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Factoring of receivables

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  • October 1, 2022 at 12:53 pm #667646
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    HELLO Mr.Chris hope you had a splendid weekend

    An entity has an outstanding receivables balance with a major customer
    amounting to $12 million, and this was factored to Limited finance Co on
    1 September 20X7. The terms of the factoring were: Limited
    Finance Co will pay 80% of the gross receivable outstanding account to
    the entity immediately.
    ? The balance will be paid (less the charges below) when the debt is
    collected in full. Any amount of the debt outstanding after four
    months will be transferred back to the entity at its full book value.
    ? Limited Finance Co will charge 1% per month of the net amount owing from
    the entity at the beginning of each month. Limited Finance Co had not
    collected any of the factored receivable amount by the year-end.
    ? the entity debited the cash from Limited Finance Co to its bank account and
    removed the receivable from its accounts. It has prudently charged
    the difference as an administration cost.
    How should this arrangement be accounted for in the financial
    statements for the year ended 30 September 20X7?

    the answer says this:
    dr receivables 12m
    cr admin costs 2.4m
    cr loan 9.6m

    dr finance costs 96k
    cr accruals 96k

    here’s what i don’t understand :
    1-what are the journal entries if we DO receive that remaining 2.4 mil?

    2-what are the entries if Limited finance co DON’T receive that amount in full say 11m and returns the remaining back to us?

    3-what happens when the Limited Finance co doesn’t receive the rest of the money that he hopes to receive at all?

    4-what happens if the Limited Finance co suddenly decides to terminate the contract but we have recorded 1 month’s worth of finance costs?

    thanks for your time

    October 5, 2022 at 5:22 pm #667932
    P2-D2
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    Hi,

    1 – You would just recognise the cash received as income and net against the original expense created.

    2 – Then it would be treated as a normal bad debt

    3 – We don’t need to do anything, it is their responsibility to collect the cash ad the rest of the balance is not going to be paid.

    4 – I doubt that they would be terminating the contract and if they did then the treatment would depend on what the terms of the contract say.

    Thanks

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