Aging of Receivables

  

You run Patty's Pies, a neighborhood pie shop that sells products created by local bakers. In your aging of receivables report, you notice that Jenny, your favorite supplier, is more than 90 days late on her bill. Thankfully, you give Jenny the heads up. After all, your aging of receivables report has shown you which suppliers are 30, 60, or 90 or more days late.

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predicted rational and reasonable number is a big deal and you can see that in [Man discussing receivables]

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collected is a pretty big spread well the decline hits the assets side of the

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balance sheet in the form of accounts receivable here being lower and [Accounts receivable column highlighted]

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to be collected and is dead dead dead well then it simply gets written off on

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never happened so that's aging receivables in a nutshell and yeah this [Aging receives inside a nut]

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