Accounts Receivable on 31 December and one year prior to it were P312,400 and P428,400 respectively. P954,840 was received from customers during the year, after writing off P62,480 and increasing the Provision for doubtful debts by P14,840. The amount of sales amounted to P901,320 P1,133,320 P916,160
Bad Debts
At the end of the accounting period, a financial statement is prepared by every company, then at that time while preparing the financial statement, the company determines among its total receivable amount how much portion of receivables is collected by the company during that accounting period.
Accounts Receivable
The word “account receivable” means the payment is yet to be made for the work that is already done. Generally, each and every business sells its goods and services either in cash or in credit. So, when the goods are sold on credit account receivable arise which means the company is going to get the payment from its customer to whom the goods are sold on credit. Usually, the credit period may be for a very short period of time and in some rare cases it takes a year.
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