Thestandardrequirescompaniesprovision for accounts receivablebalancemethodpercentagemethod, the net percentage of credit sales method and the aging analysis of threemethods.
应收账款余额百分比法( percent of accounts receivablemethod)是指假设企业有一定比率的应收款项无法收回。这个比率是根据企业以往的经验计算出来的，同时会受经济趋势和客户财务状况等当前因素的影响。我们用企业的应收款项总额乘以该比率就可以得出坏账估计额，该数额即为资产负债表上填列的坏账准备余额。