When a business makes sales on credit, even customers with the best credit record and financial standing can go bankrupt and fail to pay the bills they owe. To better match the credit risk to the ...

The allowance method allows a company to estimate future losses from customers who fail to pay the amounts they owe for goods or services they received. Management determines the allowance for bad ...

The IRS has issued new guidance on automatic accounting method changes. Revenue Procedure 2009-39 provides certain additions, modifications and clarifications to Revenue Procedures 2008-52 and 97-27 ...

Taxpayers who are adopting the rules for sales-based royalties and vendor allowances under Sec. 263A and Sec. 471 provided in T.D. 9652 were given new procedures for obtaining automatic consent to ...