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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #35463 Debtor
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There  isnt  a  financial  director  around  who  wouldnt  like  to    cash  flow  by  reducing  debtor  days-  in  other  words,  get  customers  to  pay  up  faster.  In  Europes  top  1,000  quoted  companies,  nearly  one  quarter  of  all  invoices  are  unpaid  at  any    in  time,  according  to  recent  research  carried  out  by  the  ASF  organization.  This  means  they  are  sitting  on  a  total  of  274  billion  overdue  debts.  Most  of  this  is  caused  by  poor  collection  practices.  According  to  Jan  Porter,  ASFs  Managing  Director,  You  can  set  up  all  the  systems  you  want,  you  can  insist  on    contracts  and  payment  terms,  the  government  can  even  introduce  late  payment  legislation,  but  there  are  always  some  debtors  who    to  pay  on  time.  Once  a  payment  is  overdue,  your  first  step  is  to  talk  to  your  debtor.  You  should  let  them  know  the  payment  is  late  and  try  to  find  out  if  there  is  a  dispute  about  the  work,  or  if  your  debtor  has  financial  problems.  
,  but  Tim  Vainio,  a  chartered  accountant,  believes  that  too  many  companies  are  afraid  of  losing  a  relationship,  and  that,  before    any  action;  the  focus  should  be  on  recovering  as  much  money  as  possible,  rather  than  on  preserving  a  relationship.

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