Tag: Accounts Receivable
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Retainage in Construction – Purpose, Accounting and Law
A tool used by a developer, contractor or homeowner to keep the primary party committed to getting the project completed is called ‘retainage’.
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Bookkeeping – Estimating Bad Debts (Lesson 85)
Tolerating non-payment is simply a part of doing business. To assist in measuring this dollar value, the accountant must estimate bad debts. This is the fifth part in the series of bookkeeping estimates within the advanced skills section of bookkeeping.
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Working Capital Management – Production and Sales Flow
There is no single management style to address the multitude of working capital cycles existing in the various business sectors and the underlying industries. Taking raw resources and turning them into consumer goods has different time frames depending on the item produced.
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Bookkeeping – Controlling Cash (Lesson 48)
In small business, cash is almost always the number one issue. There is simply never enough. This is primarily attributable to growth. Growth requires both physical assets to produce more and expansion of accounts receivable. Technically, the expansion of accounts receivable is the economic equivalent of lending cash.
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Bookkeeping – Tracking Cash (Lesson 46)
Of all the assets in business cash is the most valuable and coveted. Keeping track of how much is available and where it goes is the responsibility of the bookkeeper. Often owners have no idea of how much they really have nor how much of the existing cash is earmarked for certain items.
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Bookkeeping – Accounts Receivable Management (Lesson 37)
In my mind accounts receivable management is the highest priority duty of a bookkeeper. Cash is the lifeblood of small business.
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Bookkeeping – Cash or Accrual (Lesson 25)
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) advocates using the accrual basis of accounting over cash basis. The difference between the two methods is important to understand as a bookkeeper.
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Business Dynamics of Hauling
One of the industries in the transportation sector is materials hauling. This is your dump truck industry. All of us see these trucks out on the highway usually hauling gravel or dirt. To profit well, efficiency is the primary business principle. Lack of efficiency drives up fuel costs, loss of time in hauling; increased maintenance and repairs, and finally…
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Control Accounts in Accounting
Accounting uses control accounts to sum up activity related to a particular function of business. As an example the bank account has a register which identifies the activity in a ledger format of what transpires at the bank for this particular account.
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Create a File Structure for Accounting
Creating a file structure for accounting is critical for the overall success of the business. If properly structured, data retrieval and information access add to the overall value of the company.