Some companies find that offering incentives to credit customers can help encourage early payments, increasing cash flow and reducing the risk of bad debt. A sales discount is one incentive that many ...

If your company gives your customers 30, 60, 90 days or longer to pay for purchases, you are creating accounts receivable, which goes in the asset side of your balance sheet. When you package your ...

Accounts receivable (AR) represents the money owed to a business by its customers for goods or services provided on credit. It is recorded as an asset on the company’s balance sheet, indicating future ...

For CFOs at billion-dollar B2B companies, outdated AR approaches are becoming a strategic liability, trapping capital and ...

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

Tim Bennett explains what a balance sheet is for, including the type of information it contains, and how you can use it. See all of Tim's video tutorials here. Don't miss the latest investment and ...

Payments owed to nonprofit health systems are rising despite efforts to improve collections ahead of federal funding cuts.