📆 Today’s Rundown
Hey 👋, in the last issue, we discussed why tracking Day Sales Outstanding (DSO) matter, but now, we are proceeding with the last topic from Billings & Collections, and today’s topic is:
Invoice Status (Count)
Are You Effectively Tracking and Managing Your Invoice Status?
Newsletter highlights
- 3 Reasons Why Tracking Invoice Status Matters🤟
- Invoice Management of the Week. 🔢
- My Tool of the Week 📊
- Latest Week Content Update 🆓
3 Reasons Why Tracking Invoice Status Matters
Tracking and managing invoice statuses is more than just billing, it provides crucial insights into your company’s financial health, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
For SaaS finance teams, analyzing invoice statuses helps streamline cash flow management, allocate resources effectively, and assess customers' payment behaviors and creditworthiness.
Here are the three most common invoice statuses: overdue, open, and closed.
- Overdue
- Overdue invoices are those that haven’t been paid by the due date. Quickly addressing these invoices is essential to prevent cash flow problems, but it’s also important to manage follow-ups with care to maintain strong customer relationships.
- In SaaS accounting, overdue invoices also impact revenue recognition, especially with the matching principle—ensuring that revenue and costs are recorded within the same period. Monitoring overdue invoices during the month-end close process is critical to maintain accuracy in financial reporting.
- Open
- Open invoices refer to those that are active but not yet paid, meaning payment is pending but still within the agreed terms. Open invoices are crucial for revenue forecasting, as they provide visibility into expected cash inflows. If an open invoice becomes overdue, it complicates revenue recognition, adding to the inherent complexity of SaaS accounting.
- Closed
- Closed invoices are those that have been fully paid and settled. Once payment is received, the status changes to “closed,” allowing the revenue to be recorded in accordance with GAAP guidelines. Closed invoices provide reliable data for revenue forecasting and strategic planning, as they represent actual, realized revenue.
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