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Guides
Clear answers to the accounts receivable questions people ask most.
What is accounts receivable?
The definition, journal entries, the AR formula, and healthy benchmarks, with a worked example.
Open →Accounts receivable turnover ratio
The formula, a worked example, and an industry benchmark table with DSO equivalents.
Open →Accounts receivable vs accounts payable
The same sale from both sides of the ledger, plus internal controls.
Open →Is accounts receivable an asset?
Why AR is a current asset, proven from the journal entry and balance sheet.
Open →Is accounts receivable a debit or credit?
The normal balance, the journal entry, and a T-account walkthrough.
Open →Accounts receivable report example
A fully populated AR aging report, annotated with collection benchmarks.
Open →Late payment fees in the UK
The law, the statutory rate, how to calculate it, and a free calculator that stays accurate as the base rate moves.
Open →How much can I charge in late fees?
The statutory rate, the £40/£70/£100 fixed sums, a worked example and a ready reckoner.
Open →How to add late payment fees in Xero
The manual method, the no-VAT treatment, and how to automate statutory interest on Xero.
Open →How to chase overdue invoices
A chase sequence that works, matched to the debtor and the age of the invoice.
Open →Overdue invoice email templates
Five copy-and-paste reminder emails, from friendly nudge to final notice, plus subject lines.
Open →The credit control process, step by step
A six-stage process from setting terms to escalation, with a fixed chase cadence.
Open →Credit control metrics that matter
DSO, ADD, CEI and the early-warning ratio, with formulas, benchmarks and how to track them.
Open →How to reduce DSO
The levers that move days sales outstanding most, a 30-day plan, and healthy benchmarks.
Open →How much does credit control software cost?
Published prices and pricing meters for credit control software, vendor by vendor.
Open →Credit control software vs a spreadsheet
When Excel is enough for credit control and when software pays for itself.
Open →What is integrated receivables?
Every incoming payment matched to its invoice and posted to the ledger: bank service vs software suite, components and tools.
Open →NetSuite SuiteApp or external AR app: how to choose
A vendor says it has a SuiteApp. This guide explains what that word does and does not tell you, and how to choose between a SuiteApp and an AR app that syncs with NetSuite from outside.
Open →NetSuite payments: how customers pay invoices by card, ACH and Stripe
The three ways a customer can pay a NetSuite invoice online, what each one needs before it works, what it costs per payment, and how the payment gets back to the invoice.
Open →Moving from Xero or QuickBooks to NetSuite: what happens to accounts receivable
Open invoices move to NetSuite in the data migration. Reminders, payment links, statements and the customer portal are set up again in NetSuite, and each one has its own setup work.
Open →ERP pricing
What ERPs cost: list prices, third-party estimates and every source.
ERP pricing compared
Seven ERPs side by side: cost at 10, 50 and 200 users, implementation, renewals and every source. Free PDF.
Open →NetSuite editions, modules and prices
Every NetSuite edition, service tier, user type and module, with each source's price estimate.
Open →NetSuite OneWorld pricing
What each extra subsidiary costs, both pricing models, and examples for 3, 5 and 10 subsidiaries.
Open →Business Central license types
Essentials vs Premium, Team Members and Device, with Microsoft list prices in six currencies.
Open →Business Central implementation cost
US and UK project ranges, partner day rates and year-one totals.
Open →NetSuite pricing calculator
Estimate NetSuite licenses, modules, OneWorld, support and implementation for year one and three years.
Open →Business Central pricing calculator
Microsoft list prices plus implementation and add-ons, for year one and three years.
Open →NetSuite pricing
Base license, users, modules, support, implementation and renewals.
Open →Business Central pricing
List prices in seven currencies, the 2025 rise and total cost.
Open →Sage Intacct pricing
Subscription, users, modules, implementation and renewals.
Open →Odoo pricing
Plans, user prices, hosting, Success Packs and renewals.
Open →Acumatica pricing
Resource-based licensing, entry price, buyer reports and implementation.
Open →SAP Business One pricing
Cloud and perpetual licenses, maintenance and implementation.
Open →NetSuite implementation cost
Project cost by size, phase and partner rate.
Open →Dynamics 365 Finance vs Business Central
Price, fit and total cost at 20 and 50 users.
Open →Sage Intacct pricing calculator
Partner prices, Vendr data and buyer reports, for year one and three years.
Open →Odoo pricing calculator
Standard and Custom user prices, first year to renewal, plus implementation.
Open →Acumatica pricing calculator
Partner prices and what buyers report paying, plus implementation.
Open →SAP Business One pricing calculator
Cloud users, perpetual license reports and maintenance.
Open →Dynamics 365 Finance pricing calculator
Microsoft list prices, the reported minimum and implementation.
Open →NetSuite AR automation pricing in 2026: what each tool costs
NetSuite does not include AR automation software, and most tools that connect to it quote privately. This guide puts published prices and third-party estimates in separate columns, with the source bes
Open →Business Central credit control software cost (2026): UK prices compared
Published UK prices for credit control tools that work with Dynamics 365 Business Central, how each one charges, and what three example companies pay once the Microsoft licence is added.
Open →Templates
Free, ready-to-use spreadsheets for Excel and Google Sheets.
AR Excel template (tracker)
A free invoice tracker that calculates outstanding, status and days overdue.
Open →AR KPI dashboard template
DSO, turnover, percent overdue and an aging chart, in Excel.
Open →AR aging report template
Free Excel and CSV with automatic aging buckets and a worked example.
Open →AR action plan template
A 10-stage collections cadence and an overdue tracker. Free download.
Open →AR reconciliation template
Reconcile your sub-ledger to the general ledger control account.
Open →AR report template
A reusable monthly AR summary, aging and metrics report.
Open →AR collections email templates
Six ready-to-send emails from pre-due reminder to final notice.
Open →AR ledger template
A customer subsidiary ledger with an automatic running balance.
Open →Customer statement template
A statement of account with a running balance and total due.
Open →AP and AR template
Track money in and money out with a net cash position.
Open →Credit control policy template
A blank 13-section Word file and a filled-in UK example PDF, with the chasing table, credit hold rules and statutory interest wording.
Open →Calculators
Interactive tools that calculate your ratios, balances, and collection period.
AR turnover ratio calculator
Get your ratio, DSO, and a verdict scored against your industry.
Open →AR turnover calculator
See how many times a year you collect and the cash tied up in AR.
Open →Average AR calculator
Average up to 12 balances and get your collection period (ACP).
Open →Accounts receivable calculator
Roll your AR balance forward or estimate it from sales and DSO.
Open →Accounts receivable ROI calculator
Enter your software quote, DSO, staff hours and bad debt to get ROI, payback months and cash released.
Open →Data and research
Primary-source statistics on the state of accounts receivable.