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Find out how Accounts Receivable Balance and Outstanding Amount are are calculated. |
What does this section cover?What is Balance Calculation?
In CRM.COM the balance of an account is not saved but it is a dynamically calculated field. There are 2 different types of balance that are being used:
- Accounts Receivable Balance:
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- The aggregated amount of posted debits and credits allocated against the Accounts Receivable| Status |
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- The balance of an accounts receivable calculated as the latest accounting period's opening balance of the accounts receivable plus all of the financial transactions posted against the accounts receivable during this latest accounting period.
- Accounts Receivable Outstanding Amount: The total outstanding amount which is owed by the customer, as of a specific date, which is the aggregated amount of posted debits which are not paid and are past their due date.
Account Balance and Account Outstanding amount are both available via the Accounts Receivable Summary and Data Entry pages.
Calculating the Accounts Receivable Balance
The Balance of an accounts receivable is the total amount of debit and credit financial transactions which are posted against that account, as of a specific date.
The Accounts Receivable balance is calculated based on the following formula:
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- Balance = Sum (Total amount of all debit transactions which were posted against that account) - Sum (Total amount of all credit transactions which ere posted against that account)
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- Balance = Opening balance of the accounts receivable (if any) + Sum (Total amount of all debit transactions which were posted against that account and are not related to any Accounting Period)
- Sum (Total amount of all credit transactions which were posted against that account and are not related to any Accounting Period)
Calculating the Accounts Receivable Outstanding Amount
The outstanding amount of an Accounts Receivable is the total outstanding amount which is owned by the customer, as of a specific date, which is the aggregated amount of posted debits which are not paid and are past their due date.
The outstanding amount is calculated based on the following formula
Outstanding Balance = (Total amount of all debit transactions which were posted against that account, having a due date greater or equal to current) - Sum (Total amount of all credit transactions)