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In a company which department is responsible for follow up of "Accounts Receivables" {Accounts Department.} or {Sales Department.}?

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Question added by Syed Yasir Ali Siraj Ul Haq , Senior General Accountant , Arakan General Trading Company LLC
Date Posted: 2013/12/26
Rehan Qureshi
by Rehan Qureshi , Financial Consultant , Self Employeed

Account department are fully responsible and they can get help from sales if debtors are not paying on time

Khalid Noor
by Khalid Noor , Accounting Manager , FedEx

In companies having proper governance structure, the sale department responsible for the function, while in small companies mix concept is applicable. Both sales and accounting department follows the receivables.

Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein
by Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein , Chief Executive Officer & ERP Architect , Egyptian Software Group

I beleive that the accounts depratment is the department responsible for AR.

Muhammad Owais Anwar
by Muhammad Owais Anwar , Financial Auditor , Deloitte - Saudi Arabia

basically it is the reponsibility of Accounts department before they could approve sales team to sale more stock on credit basis as Risk analysis is done i,e Receivble days 

AKEEL FAYAZ MOHARKEN
by AKEEL FAYAZ MOHARKEN , ACCOUNTANT , MOMENTS GROUP

Accounts Department is usually responsible but it can coordinate with any other department depending upon the situation ( e.g. Legal Department in Extreme cases)

Alrich DSouza
by Alrich DSouza , Operations manager, Customer Service and Recruitment Manager , Nomura

Accounts dept.  In case the accounts team is unable to recover the receivables from a client, the sales team can be used as a middle person considering that they have more rapport and relationship with the client considering that the business from the client is brought in by the sales team.

Ashraf Hassane
by Ashraf Hassane , chief subervisor financial accounts , ETISALAT

Accounts receivables

ADNAN MUMTAZ
by ADNAN MUMTAZ , Accounting Manager , Fujairah holding LLC

ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT

Ali Naseem
by Ali Naseem , Assistant Finance Manager

in my opinion it would be the responsibility of the accounts department but if there is an commission scheme being exercised by the company then they should some how be linked to the recoveries and both the accounts and the sales should pursue them.

MALIIK SOHAIL ABBAS
by MALIIK SOHAIL ABBAS , ACCOUNTS MANAGER , AL RAWDAH GREEN SWEET WATER

Accounts & marketing department are responsilble in a co

asma awad
by asma awad , auditor , Oxford school

account department is responsible for account receivable ,and sales department can help him

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