definition of net accounts receivable
Net Receivables. Net Receivables. A measure of accounts receivable that a company expects to actually be paid. Accounts receivable is money that a customer owes a company for a good or service purchased on credit. One calculates net receivables by taking the accounts receivable and subtracting bad debt and expressing the result as a percentage of the total accounts receivable. For example, if a company's accounts receivable is $100,000 and it has $10,000 in bad debt, the net receivables is 90%.
accounts receivable - net. The combined amount of the debit balance in the current asset account Accounts Receivable and the credit balance in the contra asset account Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. The difference between the balances in these two accounts is an approximation of the amount of the accounts receivable that is likely to turn to cash (be collected).