Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Credit and Collections Credit Sales 
Gaviti
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Allowance for doubtful accounts (ADA) is a financial metric that estimates the value of rendered services or goods sold that you don’t expect to get paid for. Essentially, it’s a tool used in accrual accounting as a way of tracking bad debt up front with the end goal of maintaining more accurate financial statements.
Lendio
MARCH 13, 2023
You will become very familiar with accounts receivable, sometimes abbreviated as AR, if you are a freelancer who gets paid via invoices or if you sell goods on credit. This means that your business was not paid for the goods or services immediately upon sale, but will rather be paid for them at some point in the future.
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