A business received or issued the following invoices and paid or received the invoiced amounts on the following dates: Invoice date Invoice amount Date paid or received Purchase 2.6.X4 R1,000 26.6.X4 25.6.X4 R1,500 2.7.X4 Sales 8.6.X4 R2,000 26.6.X4 29.6.X4 R3,000 7.7.X4 There is no inventory at the beginning or end of June. What is the difference between the profit for June calculated on a cash basis, and calculated on an accruals basis? A. Nil B. R1,000 C. R1,500 D. R2,500
Bad Debts
At the end of the accounting period, a financial statement is prepared by every company, then at that time while preparing the financial statement, the company determines among its total receivable amount how much portion of receivables is collected by the company during that accounting period.
Accounts Receivable
The word “account receivable” means the payment is yet to be made for the work that is already done. Generally, each and every business sells its goods and services either in cash or in credit. So, when the goods are sold on credit account receivable arise which means the company is going to get the payment from its customer to whom the goods are sold on credit. Usually, the credit period may be for a very short period of time and in some rare cases it takes a year.
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