Trade Receivables Turnover Ratio
Trade Receivables Turnover Ratio, also known as the accounts receivable turnover ratio or debtors turnover ratio, is an important ratio in accounting.
It is used to determine the efficiency by which the business is managing the credit that is being extended to its customers and evaluate how long does it take for the business to collect the outstanding debt in the accounting period.
A high receivables turnover ratio indicates that the collection mechanism of the business is very efficient and the business also has a high proportion of customers who are making their payments quickly in order to write off the debts.
A low receivables, on the other hand, indicates that the business lacks a clear collection mechanism, no clear credit policy is defined along with customers who are not financially viable and are defaulting in their payments.
We will be discussing the formula for calculating the Accounts receivable turnover ratio in the following lines.
Trade Receivables Turnover Ratio Calculation
The formula for Trade receivables turnover ratio or Accounts receivable turnover ratio is represented as follows
Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio = Net Credit Sales / Average Accounts Receivable
Net credit sales refer to the revenue that is generated from the credit sales done to customers minus any returns during the period from the customers.
Average accounts receivable can be calculated by adding the value of accounts beginning and ending account receivable of that period and dividing by two.
Let us understand the calculation of accounts receivable turnover ratio with a solved example
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Solved Example
Ajay Industries Ltd has a beginning account receivable balance of ₹250,000 and the ending accounts receivable balance of ₹320,000. The total credit sales for the year was ₹500,000, while returns amounted to ₹30,000. Find the accounts receivable turnover ratio.
Answer:
We know that
Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio = Net Credit Sales / Average Accounts Receivable
Now,
Net Credit Sales = Total Credit Sales – Returns
= 500,000 – 30,000
= 470,000
Average Account Receivable = (Beginning Account Receivable + Ending Account Receivable) / 2
Therefore,
Average Account Receivable = (250,000 + 320,000) / 2
= 285,000
Now, Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio = 470,000 / 285,000
= 1.649 or 1.65
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