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Definition: Accounts Receivable (AR) is the proceeds or payment which the company will receive from its customers who have purchased its goods & services on credit. Usually the credit period is short ranging from few days to months or in some cases maybe a year.
Description: The word receivable refers to the payment not being realised. This means that the company must have extended a credit line to its customers. Usually, the company sells its goods and services both in cash as well as on credit.
When a company extends credit to the customer, the sale is realised when the invoice is generated, but the company extends a time period to the customers to pay the amount after some time. The time period could vary from 30-days to a few months.
Account Receivables (AR) are treated as current assets on the balance sheet. Let's understand AR with the help of an example. Suppose you are a manufacturer M/S XYZ Pvt Ltd and you manufacture tyres.
A customer gives you an order of Rs 1,00,000 for 100 tyres. Now, when the invoice is generated for that amount, sale is recorded, but to make the payment the company extends the credit period of 30-days to the customer.
Till that time the amount of Rs 1,00,000 becomes your account receivable because the customer will pay that amount before the period expires. If not, the company can charge a late fee or hand over the account to a collections department.
Once the payment is made, the cash segment in the balance sheet will increase by Rs 1,00,000, and the account receivable will be decreased by the same amount, because the customer has made the payment.
The amount of account receivable depends on the line of credit which the customer enjoys from the company. Usually, this is offered to customers who are frequent buyers.
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Chapter 7: Funds Analysis, Cash Flow Analysis, and Financial Planning
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1.According to the accounting profession, which of the following would be considered a cash-flow item from an "investing" activity?cash inflow from interest income.cash inflow from dividend income.
cash outflow to acquire fixed assets.
all of the above.
2.According to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), which of the following is a cash flow from a "financing" activity?cash outflow to the government for taxes.
cash outflow to shareholders as dividends.
cash outflow to lenders as interest.
cash outflow to purchase bonds issued by another company.
3.If the following are balance sheet changes:
$5,005 decrease in accounts receivable
$7,000 decrease in cash
$12,012 decrease in notes payable
$10,001 increase in accounts payable
a "use" of funds would be the:$7,000 decrease in cash.
$5,005 decrease in accounts receivable.
$10,001 increase in accounts payable.
$12,012 decrease in notes payable.
4.On an accounting statement of cash flows an "increase(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents" appears asa cash flow from operating activities.
a cash flow from investing activities.
a cash flow from financing activities.
none of the above.
5.Uses of funds include a (an):decrease in cash.
increase in any liability.
increase in fixed assets.
tax refund.
6.Which of the following would be included in a cash budget?depreciation charges.
dividends.
goodwill.
patent amortization.
7.An examination of the sources and uses of funds statement is part of:a forecasting technique.
a funds flow analysis.
a ratio analysis.
calculations for preparing the balance sheet.
8.Which of the following is NOT a cash outflow for the firm?depreciation.
dividends.
interest payments.
taxes.
9.Which of the following would be considered a use of funds?a decrease in accounts receivable.
a decrease in cash.
an increase in account payable.
an increase in cash.
10.The cash flow statement in the United States is most likely to appear usinga "supplementary method."
a "direct method."
an "indirect method."
a "flow of funds method."
11.For a profitable firm, total sources of funds will always total uses of funds.be equal to
be greater than
be less than
have no consistent relationship to
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