Your Virtual Credit Manager

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It affects the level of bad debt loss (uncollected Accounts Receivables) you suffer. Selling only to financially strong customers reduces the risk of bad debt loss, (and the cost of Credit and Collections activity required). The increased risk of a significant bad debt loss that your firm bears.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 29, 2023

Bad Debt Write-Offs Are Increasing: When bad debts get ahead of budget, you need to take a look at why that is happening. It could be a single larger-size default has skewed bad debts higher, in which case collections are probably not the problem (however, you might want to check your credit policies).

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JUNE 13, 2023

Far more damaging is a customer that defaults (never pays). These bad debt losses can put your own business at risk of failure. The inability to recover the loss with new business puts a serious crimp in a firm’s cash flow, especially when the default involves a large amount.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

To make matters worse, invoice errors also tend to generate payment deductions (partial payments). Correcting invoices and reconciling payment deductions are essentially rework: work that is not necessary if you got it right the first time. To make matters worse, most payment posting errors will involve deductions.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Who absorbs any potential bad debt loss — does the lender have recourse to return the AR if they cannot collect it versus a non-recourse arrangement? The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager have default risk probabilities and other financial benchmarks for analyzing your AR portfolio and revealing actionable insights.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 10, 2023

Photo by Patrick Hendry on Unsplash Although defaults resulting in significant bad debt losses are a rare event for trade creditors, much of the focus of AR Management is on credit risk. While the impact of defaults can be severe, late payments are very common though their impact less visible.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

APRIL 11, 2023

Poor Credit Controls: Poor credit control practices can result in providing goods or services to high-risk accounts that are likely to pay beyond terms or even default on payments. Late or inconsistent follow-up on overdue accounts leads to longer payment cycles and increased bad debt write-offs. Business failures are the norm.

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Emagia

MARCH 3, 2025

Financial Stability : Reducing outstanding receivables minimizes bad debts and improves financial health. Dispute and Deduction Management Disputes arise due to billing errors, quality issues, or service discrepancies. Operational Efficiency : Streamlined AR operations reduce administrative burdens and enhance productivity.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

From this conversation, you will learn how perilous the bad debt risk is with this customer, and how urgent your reaction must be. Mitigate the Risk with a Financial Instrument: Involving a third party with strong credit is a good way to get security on the debt owed you. The bank will pay you if your customer defaults.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Photo by Willian Cittadin on Unsplash ) Neglecting collections can also lead to longer payment cycles, strained client relationships, and an increase in bad debt. The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager have default risk probabilities and other financial benchmarks for analyzing your AR portfolio and revealing actionable insights.

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TreviPay

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

This type of insurance acts as a safety net, covering unpaid invoices when clients default or face financial difficulties. Its primary purpose is to mitigate the financial risks of trade credit by covering outstanding receivables if a customer defaults because of insolvency or other financial difficulties.

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Fundera

DECEMBER 29, 2019

There are a couple of reasons why you might want to write off an invoice in QuickBooks : Bad debt. In either case, if a customer defaults on a payment, it’s important to recognize this default properly in your books by writing off the invoice. How to Write off a Bad Debt Invoice in QuickBooks.

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Emagia

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

If the automated AR application can alert the collection team about the probability of any payments getting overdue, they can proactively reach out to such customers to try mitigating the risk of a likely payment defaults. The process can get more cumbersome if deductions are involved.

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MNS Credit Management Group

DECEMBER 2, 2022

You also need to have this proof for your tax records if you plan to deduct the bad debt from your income. The IRS will seek proof that you looked into all possible options before declaring the debt as a deduction in the case of an audit. People Pay More Quickly. Exporters withhold information or documentation.

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Serrala

MARCH 14, 2024

Read more our FS² Collections software for collections, deductions, and disputes is the most comprehensive available, allowing you to centralize and standardize to improve customer engagement and reduce time to pay. sites/default/files/styles/webp/public/202403/bg-industry-desktop.jpeg.webp?itok=sioB6G6S section-marketo-background').length>0){

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Serrala

MARCH 14, 2024

Read more Our solutions for collections, deductions, and disputes are the most comprehensive available, allowing you to centralize and standardize to improve customer engagement and reduce time to pay. sites/default/files/styles/webp/public/202403/bg-industry-desktop.jpeg.webp?itok=sioB6G6S section-marketo-background').length>0){

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

JANUARY 21, 2025

For example: When off-schedule pricing is not clearly communicated to the billing function, customer disputes, often in the form of payment deductions, cause partial payments, delays in payment, increased administrative costs involved in resolving the problems, and diminished customer satisfaction. Do you need help improving cash flow?

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The only time AR comes to the forefront is when there is economic turmoil and an increased risk of bad debt losses. Bad debt risk controlled according to your risk appetite. Otherwise, controllers and CFOs are focused on other areas. What else can be done? Need help improving cash flow?

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