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How to Write Effective Past Due Invoice Emails: Templates and Best Practices

Gaviti

Sending a late payment reminder encourages prompt payment of unpaid invoices, reducing the number of delinquent accounts and minimizes the risk of write-offs and bad debt. Im reaching out to remind you that Invoice [#Invoice Number], totaling [Invoice Amount], was due on [Due Date] and appears to remain unpaid.

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Eight Signs a Customer Is Becoming a Problem Debtor

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Any subsequent collection expenses and bad debt write-offs are more easily recouped through additional sales than if your gross margins are low. Problematic customers, or debtors if you will, are much less profitable and more likely to cause a bad debt loss. The issue with problematic customers is profit dilution.

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Accounts Receivable Credit or Debit: A Comprehensive Guide

Emagia

When Accounts Receivable Becomes a Credit While accounts receivable usually has a debit balance, certain situations can result in a credit balance: Customer Overpayments: If a customer pays more than the invoiced amount, the excess payment creates a credit balance in accounts receivable. Why is managing accounts receivable important?

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“Must Have” Metrics for Receivables Management

Your Virtual Credit Manager

If it is 100% higher, then you have a serious cash flow problem and face potential bad debt losses because your customers are abusing the credit terms you have extended to them. Otherwise, all disputes should be logged in a spreadsheet that tracks the customer, invoice/item number, amount, and status (open/closed).

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How to Write off an Invoice in QuickBooks

Fundera

There are a number of ways to remove uncollectible invoice amounts from your accounting books. In this article, we’ll look at the best ways to write off an invoice in QuickBooks. Reasons to Write off an Invoice. There are a couple of reasons why you might want to write off an invoice in QuickBooks : Bad debt.

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How AI Can Mitigate B2B Collections Risks

Gaviti

If your business could proactively identify the risk of potential customers before taking them on as new customers and avoid bad debt, wouldn’t you want to do that? This should include all relevant information about the customer, including the invoice, amount, purchase number, etc. Optimize the dispute flow.

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A Guide To Selling Accounts Receivable

Lendio

Selling accounts receivable (aka factoring) is a financial strategy where a business sells its outstanding invoices or accounts receivable to a third-party company, referred to as a ‘factor’ The factor pays the business a significant portion of the amount due up front, then proceeds to collect the full amount from the indebted customer.