Thursday, August 22, 2013

Accounts Receivable Definition and Importance of Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable Definition

This is the amount of money that a firm or an organization gets to other firms or parties for any sales of goods and services provided on account. Accounts Receivable is an asset to that organization and this is presented in the Balance Sheet as part of the Total Assets of that firm. This is one kind of current assets. This is also known as Debtors too.

Importance of Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable is one of the major Assets for an organization. The organization must identify exact amount of money that the firm gets to other firms to know about the exact position of the firm. Identifying Accounts Receivable helps to compare overall position of the firm and compare the performance with performance of other years and with other firms in the same industry.

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