Recourse factoring is the most common and means that your company must buy back any invoices that the factoring company is unable to collect payment on. You are ultimately responsible for any non-payment. Non-recourse factoring means the factoring company assumes most of the risk of non-payment by your customers.
A factoring contract establishes the legal relationship between your business and the factor. It outlines the process for transferring invoices, clarifies who is responsible for collecting payments, and specifies whether the factor assumes the risk of bad debt.
Recourse factoring is the most common and means that your company must buy back any invoices that the factoring company is unable to collect payment on. You are ultimately responsible for any non-payment. Non-recourse factoring means the factoring company assumes most of the risk of non-payment by your customers.
Factoring Application Applications vary depending on the factor's needs, but most of them ask for things like business and personal phone numbers, email addresses, and business details. Applications also normally ask for your business' industry sector and your monthly invoicing volume.
What Is Recourse? A recourse is a legal agreement that gives the lender the right to pledged collateral if the borrower is unable to satisfy the debt obligation. Recourse refers to the lender's legal right to collect.
How to Record Invoice Factoring Transactions With Recourse Record a credit in accounts receivable for the sold invoice in the amount of $375,000. In the recourse liability column, record a credit after estimating the bad debts and any other possible losses ($750).
The agreement with non-recourse factoring is that, within certain conditions, if the payments are late or unpaid then the factor absorbs the costs, the company does not have to worry about debt created by unpaid invoices.