Haru Company sold accounts receivable without recourse for P10, 600,000. Mild company received P10, 000,000 cash immediately from the factor. The remaining P600, 000 will be received once the factor verifies that none of the accounts receivable is in dispute. The accounts receivable had a face amount of P12, 000,000. Mild company had previously established an allowance for bad debts of P500, 000 in connection with these accounts. How much is the loss on factoring?
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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