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How does the aging of accounts receivable determine bad debts expense?

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Question added by Eslam Embaby , Senior Accountant , Elmadyna - Regina Co. agent
Date Posted: 2015/04/14
Anas  Dawah
by Anas Dawah , Senior Internal Auditor , Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAGI)

the older the accounts recievable the higher probability of non payment , sothe higher bad debts expense

Abdul Qayyum
by Abdul Qayyum , Assistant Manager Accounts , Excel Freight Systems (Pvt.) Ltd.

The aging of accounts receivable allows you to quickly identify the credit customers that are past due and the length of time that the amounts have been past due. Focusing on the past due accounts receivable will assist you in estimating how much of the accounts receivable will never be collected.

Khaled Mohee Eldeen Abbas Mahmoud
by Khaled Mohee Eldeen Abbas Mahmoud , Chartered Accountant # 10465 , Self-employed

I agree with most of answers provided

Mercedita Carcedo
by Mercedita Carcedo , Financial Comptroller , Josefa Segovia Foundation, Inc.

after court hearing with amicable settlement and pass to account handlers and still uncollectibles 

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