Knowing and applying the legal, accounting and tax rules of accounts receivable is essential. This training course will enable you to master the fundamental principles, anticipate the risk of non-payment and apply amicable and contentious collection methods.
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Knowing and applying the legal, accounting and tax rules of accounts receivable is essential. This training course will enable you to master the fundamental principles, anticipate the risk of non-payment and apply amicable and contentious collection methods.
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Master the legal and regulatory aspects of customer relations
Make the main accounting entries relating to customer transactions
Mastering the calculation of exchange rate differences
Master the main VAT calculations on customer transactions
Enter inventory transactions related to sales and accounts receivable
Intended audience
Accounting assistants in charge of accounts receivable.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of basic accounting mechanisms.
Practical details
Hands-on work
Theoretical input and practical exercises.
Course schedule
1
Legal aspects of customer relations
Sales contract terms and payment clauses.
Mandatory invoicing rules and information.
Discount and interest on arrears.
Impact on working capital requirements (WCR).
Exercise
Check and validate an invoice.
2
Accounting for sales transactions
Invoices, credit notes, discounts and rebates...
Recording sales in foreign currencies and translation differences.
Holdbacks and price revisions.
Exercise
Record classic and specific sales transactions. Calculate and record exchange rate differences.
3
Accounting for collection operations
Settlement accounting and accounts receivable lettering.
Processing of financing operations for receivables: factoring, discounting and Dailly.
Recording exchange rate differences.
Exercise
Registration of commercial paper settlements with unpaid bills of exchange.
4
Customer accounting and VAT management
Tax liability rules, tax base and applicable rates.
The chargeable event and chargeability, VAT on debits or receipts.
VAT territoriality. VAT and unpaid bills.
Exercise
Recording of services with VAT on receipts. Enter invoices for foreign customers. Analyze the impact on VAT returns.
5
Financial statements
Analysis, justification and circularization of accounts receivable.
Accounting for the allocation of income to the fiscal year.
Impairment of doubtful receivables.
Exercise
Enter inventory entries relating to sales and write-downs of accounts receivable.
Customer reviews
4,7 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
CHARLINE G.
18/12/25
5 / 5
The exercises were very instructive and because we were a small group, we were able to ask the questions we needed to understand.
ANNE-MARIE P.
18/12/25
4 / 5
Very good approach, both technically and in terms of reasoning
MÉLISSA C.
15/09/25
5 / 5
Very good training, clear and precise, with appropriate tools and exercises.
MARLENE B.
15/09/25
5 / 5
Good training to review the basics of client accounting. I would perhaps have liked to have had the support beforehand so that I could have annotated it as the course progressed.
Publication date : 04/24/2024
PARTICIPANTS
Accounting assistants in charge of accounts receivable.
PREREQUISITES
Knowledge of basic accounting mechanisms.
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TEACHING AIDS AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES • The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.
Dates and locations
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This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.