At the adjustments: end of the month, you are also required to take into consideration the following (a) Non-current assets are to be depreciated at the rate of 0.5% per month. (b) Allowance for doubtful debt is set at a rate of 1% on accounts receivable balance. (c) Electricity and water bill for the month of January 2020 is still accrued. (d) Insurance for the month of February 2020 is paid in advance. (e) Closing inventory of fuel saving oil amounted to 10% of purchases account balance. On 31 January 2020, you are required to balance all the accounts and prepare the following: (a) Trial Balance as at 31 January 2020 (b) Statement of Profit or Loss for the month ended 31 January 2020 (c) Statement of Financial Position as at 31 January 2020
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At the end of the accounting period, a financial statement is prepared by every company, then at that time while preparing the financial statement, the company determines among its total receivable amount how much portion of receivables is collected by the company during that accounting period.
Accounts Receivable
The word “account receivable” means the payment is yet to be made for the work that is already done. Generally, each and every business sells its goods and services either in cash or in credit. So, when the goods are sold on credit account receivable arise which means the company is going to get the payment from its customer to whom the goods are sold on credit. Usually, the credit period may be for a very short period of time and in some rare cases it takes a year.
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