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Accounts Receivable & Payable Management Services

Unreconciled customer and vendor balances can make it difficult to understand what is actually collectible, payable and overdue. CorporateWalla can support businesses with customer and supplier ledger reconciliation, invoice tracking, ageing reports, collection and payment schedules, advance adjustments and working-capital reporting based on the agreed scope and available records.

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What Is AR & AP Management?

Accounts receivable management focuses on amounts due from customers, while accounts payable management focuses on amounts owed to suppliers and other vendors.

Effective AR/AP processes connect invoices, credit notes, receipts, payments, advances and ledger balances so management can identify outstanding items and plan collections or payments. Accounting support can improve visibility and controls but cannot guarantee customer recovery or supplier acceptance.

What Our AR & AP Services Cover

Accounts Receivable Services

Depending on scope:

  • Customer ledger reconciliation
  • Invoice tracking
  • Receivables ageing
  • Overdue analysis
  • Customer advances
  • Credit-note adjustment
  • Unallocated receipt review
  • Collection-status reporting
  • Customer-wise outstanding reports

Accounts Payable Services

Possible areas include:

  • Supplier ledger reconciliation
  • Vendor invoice tracking
  • Payables ageing
  • Payment schedules
  • Supplier advances
  • Credit/debit-note adjustments
  • Unallocated payment review
  • Vendor-wise outstanding reports

Customer Ledger Reconciliation

A customer reconciliation may compare: Invoice Register → Customer Ledger → Credit/Debit Notes → Receipts → Bank → Accounting Books.

Potential differences include:

  • Unallocated receipts
  • Missing invoices
  • Duplicate entries
  • Credit notes
  • Debit notes
  • Advances
  • Timing differences
  • Customer-side balance differences

A balance mismatch should be investigated against source records rather than assumed to be an accounting error.

Supplier Ledger Reconciliation

A supplier reconciliation may compare: Supplier Invoice → Vendor Ledger → Credit/Debit Notes → Payments → Bank → Accounting Books.

Potential differences include:

  • Missing invoices
  • Unallocated payments
  • Supplier credits
  • Debit notes
  • Advances
  • Timing differences
  • Vendor-side balance differences

Supplier confirmation may be used where appropriate and available.

Receivables & Payables Ageing

Receivables Ageing

Possible ageing buckets include:

  • Current
  • 1–30 days
  • 31–60 days
  • 61–90 days
  • 91–180 days
  • More than 180 days

The actual ageing methodology should follow the business's credit terms and reporting policy.

Payables Ageing

Payables may be analysed by:

  • Current
  • Due shortly
  • Overdue
  • Supplier
  • Invoice
  • Branch
  • Cost centre

A payable ageing report supports payment planning but does not by itself determine which invoices should be paid first.

Collection Reporting

Management reports may include:

  • Customer-wise outstanding
  • Due-date schedule
  • Overdue invoices
  • Collection commitments
  • Receipts received
  • Unallocated receipts
  • Customer concentration
  • Ageing movement

Collection follow-up may be supported through agreed reporting or coordination.

Important: Accounting support cannot guarantee that a customer will pay.

Payment Planning

AP reporting may help management plan:

  • Supplier payments
  • Payroll
  • Taxes
  • Rent
  • Loan obligations
  • Recurring expenses
  • Other committed outflows

Payment decisions remain with management.

Advances & Unallocated Balances

Businesses may have:

  • Customer advances
  • Supplier advances
  • Unallocated receipts
  • Unallocated payments
  • Security deposits
  • Other temporary balances

These should be investigated and adjusted against supporting records where appropriate.

Credit Notes, Debit Notes & Returns

AR/AP reconciliation can include:

  • Sales credit notes
  • Purchase credit notes
  • Debit notes
  • Sales returns
  • Purchase returns
  • Commercial adjustments

The accounting and tax treatment depends on the underlying transaction and applicable law.

AR/AP & Working Capital

Receivables and payables influence working capital. Possible management reports include:

  • Receivable days
  • Payable days
  • Ageing movement
  • Collection forecast
  • Payment forecast
  • Customer concentration
  • Supplier concentration

Working-capital reporting provides visibility but does not guarantee improvement. AR/AP is an input to liquidity planning; see cash flow management and working capital management.

AR/AP Management Reports

Possible outputs include:

ReportPurpose
Customer ageingReview receivables
Supplier ageingReview payables
Invoice outstanding reportTrack individual invoices
Collection schedulePlan expected receipts
Payment schedulePlan expected payments
Unallocated receipts reportIdentify unmatched collections
Unallocated payments reportIdentify unmatched payments
Customer concentrationIdentify collection dependency
Supplier concentrationIdentify vendor dependency
AR/AP movementTrack balance changes

AR/AP Software & Data Sources

Potential systems may include:

  • Tally
  • Zoho Books
  • ERP systems
  • Invoicing platforms
  • CRM systems
  • Payment gateways
  • Banking data
  • Accounts-receivable systems
  • Accounts-payable systems

Specific integrations and automated workflows are confirmed technically before they are relied on.

Common AR/AP Problems

Businesses may face:

  • Old outstanding balances
  • Customer ledger mismatches
  • Supplier ledger mismatches
  • Unallocated receipts
  • Unallocated payments
  • Advances not adjusted
  • Credit notes not matched
  • Duplicate invoices
  • Missing invoices
  • Customer disputes
  • Supplier disputes
  • Ageing reports not updated
  • Receivables and payables not linked to cash planning

Aged balances should be investigated using source documents and commercial context. Where balances need a one-off cleanup first, see finance data cleanup and reconciliation.

Pricing

Pricing is scope-based / customised. It may depend on:

  • Number of customers
  • Number of suppliers
  • Invoice volume
  • Number of entities
  • Number of bank accounts
  • Reconciliation frequency
  • Collection/payment reporting requirements
  • Historical cleanup requirements

Only information necessary for the engagement should be shared.

Transparent 3-tier pricing

Pick the speed and depth that matches your need. Same quality, same CA team — only the timeline changes.

Ledger Review

Custom quote

Timeline: Quoted on customer and supplier count

Customer ledger reconciliation
Supplier ledger reconciliation
Unallocated receipt and payment review
Advance and credit/debit note matching
Exception list for old or unmatched balances
Monthly ageing and collection/payment schedules
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Monthly AR & AP

Custom quote

Timeline: Quoted on invoice volume and frequency

Everything in Ledger Review
Receivables and payables ageing
Invoice outstanding reports
Collection schedule and collection-status reporting
Supplier payment schedule
Monthly balance update and review
Working-capital reporting

Working Capital

Custom quote

Timeline: Quoted on entities, reporting and cleanup

Everything in Monthly AR & AP
Receivable days and payable days
Customer and supplier concentration
Collection and payment forecasts
Multiple entities, branches or cost centres
Historical balance cleanup
Collection coordination where specifically agreed

Every price above is a professional fee, excluding GST and government charges. 50% on delivery.

AR and AP management is quoted on scope rather than a fixed package fee. The quote depends on the number of customers and suppliers, invoice volume, number of entities and bank accounts, reconciliation frequency, collection and payment reporting requirements and any historical cleanup required.

How it works

Step 1

Understand the Ledger Structure

Identify customers, suppliers, branches, entities and accounting systems.

Step 2

Collect Source Records

Obtain invoice registers, ledgers, bank statements, credit/debit notes and ageing reports.

Step 3

Reconcile Customer Balances

Match invoices, receipts, advances and adjustments.

Step 4

Reconcile Supplier Balances

Match invoices, payments, advances and adjustments.

Step 5

Investigate Exceptions

Identify old, unmatched or unusual balances.

Step 6

Prepare Ageing

Prepare customer and supplier ageing reports.

Step 7

Build Collection/Payment Schedules

Prepare agreed management schedules.

Step 8

Monthly Review

Update balances and report material changes.

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Documents required

Customer ledgers
Supplier ledgers
Sales register
Purchase register
Invoice copies
Credit/debit notes
Bank statements
Receipt/payment reports
Customer confirmations where available
Supplier statements where available
Advance schedules
Existing ageing reports
GST/TDS records where relevant
Accounting-system exports

Why CorporateWalla®?

Reconciled customer balances

Invoices, credit notes, receipts, advances and bank records matched so outstanding receivables reflect what is actually due.

Reconciled supplier balances

Supplier invoices, payments, debit/credit notes and advances matched, with supplier confirmation used where appropriate and available.

Ageing and schedules

Customer and supplier ageing, collection schedules and payment schedules prepared to the business's credit terms and reporting policy.

Working-capital visibility

Receivable days, payable days, concentration and ageing movement reporting to support management's collection and payment decisions.

Frequently asked questions

It is the process of tracking, reconciling and reporting amounts due from customers.

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