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Receivables ageing and the expected credit loss allowance

A receivable is an asset until proved otherwise. The ageing schedule is the tool that turns a feeling that "this customer is late" into a number the statements can carry.

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A receivable is an asset until proved otherwise. The ageing schedule is the tool that turns a feeling that "this customer is late" into a number the statements can carry.

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Start with “What the ageing schedule says”, then use the explanation to choose the next treatment or check.

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Apply the decision: What the ageing schedule says

It spreads customer balances across bands by days past due: current, up to thirty days late, then sixty, then ninety, then beyond. The older a balance gets, the lower the chance of collecting it.

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What the ageing schedule says

It spreads customer balances across bands by days past due: current, up to thirty days late, then sixty, then ninety, then beyond. The older a balance gets, the lower the chance of collecting it.

The schedule is built from the due date rather than the invoice date; otherwise a customer on ninety-day terms shows as overdue while being perfectly on time.

From the schedule to the allowance

Expected credit losses are estimated forward rather than after a default: loss rates are applied to each ageing band, built on historical collection experience and adjusted for what you know about the present.

The allowance does not write the debt off and does not end the claim; it recognises that part of it probably will not arrive. A write-off is a later and separate decision, with its own documents and approvals.