The accounts receivable clerk for Evers Industries prepared the following partially completed aging of receivables schedule as of the end of business on July 31: Customer Acme Industries Inc. Alliance Company Zollinger Company Subtotals Customer Boyd Industries Hodges Company Kent Creek Inc. Lockwood Company Van Epps Company Customer Balance Boyd Industries Hodges Company Kent Creek Inc. 3,000 4,500 5,000 Lockwood Company Van Epps Company Not Past Days Past Due Days Past Due Days Past Due Days Past Due Due 1-30 31-60 61-90 Over 90 3,000 1,050,000 600,000 The following accounts were unintentionally omitted from the aging schedule and not included in the preceding subtotals: 4,500 220,000 Balance Due Date $36,000 April 7 11,500 May 29 6,600 June 8 7,400 August 10 13,000 July 2 Due Date April 7 May 29 June 8. a. Determine the number of days past due for each of the preceding accounts as of July 31. If an account is not past due, enter 0. August 10 July 2 5,000 115,000 85,000 30,000 Number of Days Past Due days days days. days days.
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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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