Practical compliance guides

Accounting and Bookkeeping · 9 min read

Balance Sheet Reconciliation: A Month-End Checklist

Every control account agreed to a supporting schedule before sign-off. The rule, the threshold and what it means in practice. Before your next close.

CACA Puja Pradhan · Jul 20

Accounting and Bookkeeping · 9 min read

What Is Account Reconciliation? Types and Process Explained

Bank, vendor, customer, inter-company and stock, and the order to do them in. Set out with the working, not just the rule. With a worked example.

CACA Puja Pradhan · Jul 20

Accounting and Bookkeeping · 9 min read

A Collections Strategy: How to Chase Overdue Invoices Politely

An escalation ladder that recovers cash without losing the customer. The rule, the threshold and what it means in practice. With a worked example.

CACA Puja Pradhan · Jul 20

Accounting and Bookkeeping · 11 min read

The 5 C's of Credit and Receivables Management

Character, capacity, capital, collateral, conditions - applied to a credit call. Set out with the working, not just the rule. With a worked example.

CACA Puja Pradhan · Jul 20

Accounting and Bookkeeping · 9 min read

DSO (Days Sales Outstanding): How to Calculate and Reduce It

Calculating DSO properly, and the levers that genuinely move it. The rule, the threshold and what it means in practice. From our accounting glossary.

CACA Puja Pradhan · Jul 20

Accounting and Bookkeeping · 9 min read

The AR Ageing Report: How to Read and Act on It

Reading an ageing bucket, and the cutoff at which debt turns doubtful. The rule, the threshold and what it means in practice. With a worked example.

CACA Puja Pradhan · Jul 20

Accounting and Bookkeeping · 9 min read

What Is Accounts Receivable? The Order-to-Cash Cycle Explained

Order to cash end to end, and where collections actually break down. The rule, the threshold and what it means in practice. With a worked example.

CACA Puja Pradhan · Jul 20

Accounting and Bookkeeping · 10 min read

Section 43B(h): Paying MSME Vendors Within 45 Days

Tracking the 45-day clock inside the payment run, not at year end. The rule, the threshold and what it means in practice. Updated for Indian rules.

CACA Puja Pradhan · Jul 20

Accounting and Bookkeeping · 10 min read

Vendor Reconciliation: Matching Supplier Statements to Your Ledger

Agreeing your creditor balance to the supplier's ledger before year end. The rule, the threshold and what it means in practice. In plain English.

CACA Puja Pradhan · Jul 20

Accounting and Bookkeeping · 9 min read

How AP Automation Reduces Invoice Processing Costs

What automation genuinely removes from an AP run, and what it cannot. The rule, the threshold and what it means in practice. Updated for Indian rules.

CACA Puja Pradhan · Jul 20

Accounting and Bookkeeping · 10 min read

3-Way Matching in Accounts Payable: PO, GRN and Invoice

Purchase order, goods receipt and invoice agreed before any payment runs. The rule, the threshold and what it means in practice. In plain English.

CACA Puja Pradhan · Jul 20

Accounting and Bookkeeping · 9 min read

Travel Agent Commission Accounting and TDS Under Section 194H

Deduction on agent commission, and separating pure-agent recoveries. The rule, the threshold and what it means in practice. Written for Indian SMEs.

CACA Puja Pradhan · Jul 20