How to Set Up Accounts Receivable

Prescription for Encryption

By Susan Greco | Apr 1, 2000

New services from Internet service providers may help small businesses take the pain out of online credit card ordering. Read more

Getting Money from a Moving Target

Oct 25, 1999

Auntie Nolo tells you how to collect a court judgment from a debtor who has moved. Read more

Collection Techniques to Avoid

By Michael Pellecchia | Aug 15, 1999

The authors argue that some collection strategies don't work as well as you might think. Read more

How to Collect from Clients: Walk the Walk, Talk the Talk

By William H. Mills | Mar 1, 1998

Collecting payment from clients is a matter of negotiating terms in advance, separating collection and business functions, and keeping internal accounting sy... Read more

Terms of Endearment

Jan 1, 1998

Don't sign on new customers until they've agreed to your payment terms. Read more

Accounts Receivable: Phoning Slow Payers Pays Off

By Jill Andresky Fraser | Jul 1, 1996

A management expert offers some tips on how to get slow payers to pay and what slow payments might mean. Read more

Accounts Receivable: Speedier Collection

By Jill Andresky Fraser | Jun 1, 1995

A CEO tells how he ratcheted-up collection efforts as soon as interest rates started to climb. Read more

Accounts Receivable: A Bounty on Late Bills

By Jill Andresky Fraser | Nov 1, 1994

A company's owner briefly explains the benefits and pitfalls of a bonus system for collecting old receivables. Read more

Settling Accounts

By Darryl Schoen | Mar 1, 1987

Settling Accounts. Charles W. Kyd is wrong in assessing blame for bad accounts receivable information (Finance: "Formula for Disaster?," November 198... Read more