While carrying out an assignment of receivables makes a simple, one-time exchange, using factoring allows you to opt for a range of additional services. One of the additional services available in factoring, is the possibility of insuring receivables in case of debtor insolvency.
Follow these steps to calculate accounts receivable: Add up all charges. You'll want to add up all the amounts that customers owe the company for products and services that the company has already delivered to the customer. Find the average. Calculate net credit sales. Divide net credit sales by average accounts receivable.
To report accounts receivable, gather information about outstanding amounts owed by customers, create an accounts receivable ledger, categorize the accounts by age, prepare a report that summarizes the outstanding amounts, analyze the report, and take action to collect payments and manage the balance.
Therefore, when a journal entry is made for an accounts receivable transaction, the value of the sale will be recorded as a credit to sales. The amount that is receivable will be recorded as a debit to the assets. These entries balance each other out.
If the assignment of the contract is done with the consent of the counterparty, that amounts to a novation – that is, partial re-writing of the terms of the original contract. benefit under a contract, then such receivables/benefit are not assignable, or not assignable without the consent of the counterparty.