The following information is available for Newport Company and Jasper Incorporated at December 31: Jasper Incorporated $ 111,000 24,800 885,000 Accounts Accounts receivable Allowance for doubtful accounts Sales revenue Newport Company $ 86,000 22,800 632,000 Required: a. What is the accounts receivable turnover for each of the companies? Note: Round your answers to 1 decimal place. b. What is the average days to collect the receivables? Note: Use 365 days in a year. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest whole number. Accounts receivable turnover Average collection period Newport Company Jasper Incorporated times times 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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