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Subject:
Aged Receivables
Category: Business and Money > Accounting Asked by: ajmurray-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
13 Mar 2005 13:51 PST
Expires: 12 Apr 2005 14:51 PDT Question ID: 494024 |
What is an acceptable percentage for receivables aged more than 90 days? |
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There is no answer at this time. |
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Subject:
Re: Aged Receivables
From: nelson-ga on 13 Mar 2005 18:58 PST |
Depends on industry. Also, are you B2C or B2B? |
Subject:
Re: Aged Receivables
From: respree-ga on 14 Mar 2005 11:56 PST |
No two companies are alike. It all depends on how aggressively you pursue collection efforts on these past due accounts. For example, if your company is 20 years old (and have a lot of historical data to perform an analysis on), and you have 'never' collected a single penny on any accounts past 90 days, the answer would seem fairly obviously. You would set up a reserve for bad debts that will equal 100% of your past due accounts (over 90 days). This would be based on your historical collection rate, which in this extreme example would be zero (i.e. zero percent probability of collection). In general terms, I would look at historical bad debt collection rates and the costs associated (i.e. collection agency fees) to determine a historical collection ratio. Then apply that ratio to your accounts over 90 days. Reassess these ratios quarterly and make adjustments accordingly. Hope that helps. =) |
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Re: Aged Receivables / Collection Agency
From: wizard1-ga on 09 May 2005 22:17 PDT |
There is not enough informmation in your question to give you a true answer. Without more information your answer can only be given by speculating. Knowing if your receivables are b2b and b2c is only the beginning factor. The beginning factor is what is your credit extension policy? Do You have any? What is your average account balance. What is your billing practice? Who are your customers? and then then the type. In consumer lending, demographics are going to be an important factor. What is the unemployment rate? Dont use the National figure if your are in an area like El Centro, CA where unemployment is almost always above 30%. Suggest you contact some professional help. Try MasTon Capital at http://www.MasTonCapital.com they have helped credit grantors recover over $500 million dollars since 1973. |
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