Following is information from Jesper Company for its initial month of business. Credit Purchases Cash Paid Jan. 9 Bailey Company $ 17,400 Jan.19 Bailey Company $ 11,800 18 Johnson Brothers 8,300 27 Johnson Brothers 8,300 22 Preston Company 9,600 31 Preston Company 7,100 2. Post the accounts payable balance in the general ledger at month's end.
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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.
Following is information from Jesper Company for its initial month of business.
| Credit Purchases | Cash Paid | |||||||
| Jan. 9 | Bailey Company | $ | 17,400 | Jan.19 | Bailey Company | $ | 11,800 | |
| 18 | Johnson Brothers | 8,300 | 27 | Johnson Brothers | 8,300 | |||
| 22 | Preston Company | 9,600 | 31 | Preston Company | 7,100 | |||
2. Post the accounts payable balance in the general ledger at month's end.
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