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Accounts Receivable Manuals

By: Peter Emerson
Submitted: 2007-01-17 16:17:16
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An accounts receivable manual provides accountants with direction and guidance regarding accounting transactions, procedures and reports that should be standard and uniform throughout any business or organization. It is an official document used for business accounting policies and is usually housed in a company's accounting department.

An accounts receivable manual helps a company keep a system in place to handle accounts receivable in a timely and efficient manner. It explains what accurate data entry is, and how it is key to managing point of sales and payments. It explains how to reconcile accounts receivable ledgers to accounts receivable accounts. It also gives times lines for when transactions should occur, i.e. weekly, monthly, etc.

Accounts receivable manuals explain how to match beginning accounts receivable totals to the final accounts receivable totals, and how to post payments in a general ledger. It also outlines accounting staff responsibilities for internal control purposes. For example staff that is responsible for the management or collection of account receivable must not handle or be responsible for the processing of any receipts. Payments received in error or paid in excess of the invoice total will be refunded to the payer. No refund will be made if other invoices are outstanding on the customers account and attempts should be made to negotiate with the customer to apply any excess payment to outstanding invoices.

The manual assists accounting personnel in every accounting aspect of the business that they need to know. It gives day-to-day information to help keep a business running smoothly Accounts receivable manuals are the foundations of any good business.

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