A business can calculate its trade receivables by summing up the amount that all its customers owe them. It is generally divided into two parts called debtors and bill receivables.
The formula is fairly simple: AR Turnover Ratio = Net Credit Sales/Average Accounts Receivable. For more context, net credit sales are those made on credit minus any returns or allowances.
The Accounts receivable turnover ratio is calculated by dividing net credit sales by the average accounts receivable. Net sales is everything left over after returns, sales on credit, and sales allowances are subtracted.
To calculate net accounts receivable, you need: total accounts receivable, allowance for doubtful accounts, and sales returns and allowances. Then, subtract the allowance for doubtful accounts, sales returns and allowances from the Total Account Receivables.
The formula for net credit sales is = Sales on credit – Sales returns – Sales allowances. Average accounts receivable is the sum of starting and ending accounts receivable over a time period (such as monthly or quarterly), divided by 2.
Gross accounts receivable represents the total amount of outstanding invoices or the sum owed by customers. It's perhaps the easiest to calculate, too - you simply add up all the outstanding invoices at a given time!
For example, if A contracts with B to teach B guitar for $50, A can assign this contract to C. That is, this assignment is both: (1) an assignment of A's rights under the contract to the $50; and (2) a delegation of A's duty to teach guitar to C.
Average accounts receivable is calculated as the sum of starting and ending receivables over a set period of time (generally monthly, quarterly or annually), divided by two. In financial modeling, the accounts receivable turnover ratio is used to make balance sheet forecasts.
Assignment in the context of a receivable means the transfer of rights related to it to another person or entity. For this purpose, an appropriate contract is usually concluded (although this is not a necessary condition).