Bad accounts receivable

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• Accounts receivable — (A/R) is one of a series of accounting transactions dealing with the billing of customers who owe money to a person, company or organization for goods and services that have been provided to the customer. In most business entities this is… …   Wikipedia

• accounts receivable — trade debtors The amounts owing to a business from customers for invoiced amounts. Accounts receivable are classed as current assets on the balance sheet, but distinguished from prepayments and other non trade debtors. A provision for bad debts… …   Accounting dictionary

• accounts receivable — trade debtors The amounts owing to a business from customers for invoiced amounts. Accounts receivable are classed as current assets on the balance sheet, but distinguished from prepayments and other non trade debtors. A provision for bad debts… …   Big dictionary of business and management

• accounts receivable — *Short term, invoiced amounts due from *customers for the supply of goods or services. Accounts receivable are classified as a *current asset in the balance sheet when their recoverability becomes doubtful, an *allowance for bad debts is created …   Auditor's dictionary

• Bad debt — A bad debt is an amount that is written off by the business as a loss to the business and classified as an expense because the debt owed to the business is unable to be collected, and all reasonable efforts have been exhausted to collect the… …   Wikipedia

• Bad Debt Recovery — A debt from a loan, credit line or accounts receivable that is recovered either in whole or in part after it has been written off or classified as a bad debt. Because it generally generates a loss when it is written off, a bad debt recovery… …   Investment dictionary

• bad debt — Synonyms and related words: accounts payable, accounts receivable, amount due, bad debts, bill, bills, borrowing, charges, chits, debt, default, defection, delinquence, delinquency, dishonor, dishonoring, due, dues, financial commitment, floating …   Moby Thesaurus

• Bad Debt Expense — An entry found on a business s income statement that represents the amount of noncollectable accounts receivable that occurs in a given period. In terms of accounting entries, every time an amount increases bad debt expense, an equivalent amount… …   Investment dictionary

• bad debt — An *accounts receivable balance whose collection is doubtful. Under most systems of *Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, an *allowance for bad debts is raised to acknowledge the reduced likelihood of recoverability of a customer balance.… …   Auditor's dictionary

• bad debt reserve — In accounting, a reserve set aside for losses on uncollectible accounts and notes receivable. An account for bad debts is offset by a reserve for bad debts. When accounts become uncollectible they are written off against the reserve. For tax… …   Black's law dictionary

• allowance for bad debts — A reduction in the value of *accounts receivable. One or more *general ledger accounts are used to record allowances for bad debts, which represent the value of accounts receivable whose ultimate collection is in doubt. The allowance may be for… …   Auditor's dictionary