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5 Accounts Receivable Collection Mistakes You Should Avoid

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This mindset often leads to underinvestment in collections efforts, and when budget cuts are necessary, accounting departments like collections are typically the first affected. However, maintaining a steady cash flow is essential for business survival, and efficient collections directly impact the bottom line.

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Intuit debuts AI agents for QuickBooks

Accounting Today

In the months ahead, Intuit plans to debut more AI agents for larger growing businesses to tackle more complex tasks: Payroll Agent: Proactively collects time and attendance data from employees and runs payroll when needed. Technology Artificial intelligence Intuit MORE FROM ACCOUNTING TODAY Technology Does your app share client data?

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Are Your Collection Emails Getting Results?

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

This requires efficient and effective collection practices, a well-trained staff, and some degree of process automation. Reaching out to customers by email to collect open balances is a key element in a comprehensive collection approach. Collection emails are not a “one size fits all” process.

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Is your firm overpaying for external hires?

Accounting Today

My firms compensation data, collected in 2024 and 2025, shows that accounting firms paid 7% more to bring in outside senior analysts in tax and audit than they paid internal staff in the same positions. Dominic Piscopo Founder, Big 4 Transparency.com For reprint and licensing requests for this article, click here. Id like to hear more.

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Ensure Your Credit & Collection Policy Aligns With Your Company’s Objectives

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

The Credit and Collections function plays a major role in your company’s ability to generate the liquidity and working capital needed to meet its sales and financial objectives. This requires an efficient accounting or collection software platform. This requires an efficient accounting or collection software platform.

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Cash collection cycle definition

Accounting Tools

Related Courses Credit and Collection Guidebook Effective Collections Essentials of Collection Law What is the Cash Collection Cycle? The cash collection cycle is the number of days it takes to collect accounts receivable. Clearly, this is only cost-effective for very large overdue balances.

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How to collect accounts receivable

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The collection of accounts receivable is vital, since it provides the cash needed to support company operations. Collecting accounts receivable is not just the task of the collections department. Instead, it calls for a company-wide effort, because collections can be improved before an invoice is ever issued to customers.