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Technical Article-Receivables Collection

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  • This topic has 8 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 3 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • June 6, 2022 at 1:39 pm #657526
    Anonymous
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    Sir, in example 1, would it be double counting if I used post discount credit sales to calculate the new receivables and then again calculate the cost of discount when doing the net cost/benefit?

    June 6, 2022 at 4:45 pm #657544
    John Moffat
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    No, it would not be double counting and would be fine.

    June 6, 2022 at 6:11 pm #657557
    Anonymous
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    Thank you Sir!

    June 6, 2022 at 7:15 pm #657567
    Anonymous
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    What if the examiner twists the question and says 20% of the customer pays cash and 20% pays within 14 days. Do we calculate new receivables with credit sales(excluding the 20% who pay cash) but for the discount we calculate on 20% of credit sales and 20% of cash sales?

    June 6, 2022 at 8:20 pm #657579
    John Moffat
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    It depends what the current payment profile is. However if it changes then you would include all sales when calculating the new receivables.

    June 7, 2022 at 5:12 am #657624
    Anonymous
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    But sir isn’t the formula average receivables/Credit Sales *365??

    June 7, 2022 at 8:21 am #657651
    John Moffat
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    Sorry – what I wrote was nonsense. For the receivables you would only take the credit sales 🙂

    June 7, 2022 at 8:51 am #657669
    Anonymous
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    Thank you Sir for clearing up the confusion!

    June 7, 2022 at 3:08 pm #657707
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome.

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