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What is an accounts receivable account that will never be paid considered?
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bad debt
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What is an accounts receivable that is never paid called?
A 'bad debt'
Is accounts recievable a current liability?
Accounts receivable is a current asset, never a current liability.
Do account receivable need to plus with net income to get net account receivable?
No, Accounts Receivable is not added to net anything. Net income is the "net" amount of all income. Accounts receivable is not considered "INCOME" until it is actually "received". Net income is something you've already received, not something you will receive in the future (as is accounts receivable).Net Receivables is defined as: The total money owed to a company by its customers, minus the money owed that will likely never be paid. Net receivables are often expressed as a percentage; the higher the percentage, the more money a company is able to collect from its customers and the better off the company is.Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/netreceivables.asp#ixzz1tv4KQSMLThe Equation is Account Receivables - Allowance for Bad Debts
How does account receivable affect net income?
Account receivable is a balance sheet item shown under current assets on the asset side, having a debit balance. It doesn't have anything to do with net income as accounts receivable is never shown in the trading profit and loss account. Only credit sales relating to such receivables during the current year forms part of the credit side of profit and loss and nit the account receivable itself.
What affect would Accounts Receivable have on a business vs sales revenues?
It is fairly easy to "cook the books" by recording sales revenue offset by increasing Accounts Receivable. Eventually this is found out when the "customers" never pay their amounts "receivable".
What is an account receivable that will never be paid considered?
bad debt
What is an accounts receivable that is never paid called?
A 'bad debt'
Is accounts recievable a current liability?
Accounts receivable is a current asset, never a current liability.
Do account receivable need to plus with net income to get net account receivable?
No, Accounts Receivable is not added to net anything. Net income is the "net" amount of all income. Accounts receivable is not considered "INCOME" until it is actually "received". Net income is something you've already received, not something you will receive in the future (as is accounts receivable).Net Receivables is defined as: The total money owed to a company by its customers, minus the money owed that will likely never be paid. Net receivables are often expressed as a percentage; the higher the percentage, the more money a company is able to collect from its customers and the better off the company is.Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/netreceivables.asp#ixzz1tv4KQSMLThe Equation is Account Receivables - Allowance for Bad Debts
How does account receivable affect net income?
Account receivable is a balance sheet item shown under current assets on the asset side, having a debit balance. It doesn't have anything to do with net income as accounts receivable is never shown in the trading profit and loss account. Only credit sales relating to such receivables during the current year forms part of the credit side of profit and loss and nit the account receivable itself.
What affect would Accounts Receivable have on a business vs sales revenues?
It is fairly easy to "cook the books" by recording sales revenue offset by increasing Accounts Receivable. Eventually this is found out when the "customers" never pay their amounts "receivable".
What is the name for an account receivable that will never be paid?
It can be noncollectable and a bad debt.
What is trade and cash discount?
Trade discount is the discount which is in actual sale price of unit at the time of sales and never shown in books of accounts. Cash discount is the discount in value of accounts receivable after sales completed.
What is an error count that will never be paid considered to be?
An account that will never be paid is considered a write off.
Why is Accounts payable considered a debit on trial balance?
It is NOT, accounts payable is never considered a debit on any financial statement. Accounts Payable is a liability that a company owes and therefore must maintain a "credit" balance.
What is an A R account that will never be paid considered to be?
bad debt
Are their any gaia accounts that were never hacked that still has gold?
I don't understand your question. But my gaia account was never hacked and I have plenty of gold.
