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Accounts Receivable vs Control Account: What Is the Difference?

When it comes to keeping your business financial information streamlined, you can come across several confusing and seemingly similar terms. With that in mind, today we offer a detailed explanation of the differences between accounts receivable and a control account. Accounts Receivable vs Control Account: What Is the Difference? The fundamental difference between accounts receivable…

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Are Accounts Receivable Assets or Liabilities?

Accounts receivable management can be complex when you don’t have specialized accounting knowledge. For example: are accounts receivable considered assets or liabilities? In today’s post, we answer this and other common questions about AR management. What Are Assets and Liabilities? To determine whether accounts receivable are assets or liabilities, we have to define some basic…

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How To Calculate Receivables Turnover?

While everyone knows that account receivables are important, not everyone knows that there’s a way to measure how effective you are in managing your receivables. In today’s post, we discuss receivables turnover, starting from a basic definition, and show you how to calculate your receivables turnover ratio. What Is Receivables Turnover? Simply put, receivables turnover…