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Product Walkthroughs·Guide

Receivables and Collections in AccountDesq: Aging, Settlements, and Promises-to-Pay

A walkthrough of AccountDesq’s receivables: live AR aging, the Settlement Engine for advances and credit balances, promises-to-pay as a real record, disputes as their own workflow, and the collections center that tells you who to follow up with next.

13 min readUpdated Intermediate

Vijay Patel · Head of Product, Accountdesq

Invoicing·Guide

Recurring Billing and Subscription Invoicing: A Complete Guide

Recurring billing isn’t just for software companies - retainers, memberships, and service contracts all need the same discipline. Here is how to set it up right.

12 min readUpdated Intermediate

Sweta Oswal · Chartered Accountant

SaaS Finance Workflows·Guide

Finance Operations for SaaS and Subscription Businesses

Subscription revenue breaks a lot of default accounting assumptions. Here is how MRR, churn, dunning, and revenue recognition fit together for a SaaS finance function.

15 min readUpdated Intermediate

Sweta Oswal · Chartered Accountant

Product Walkthroughs·Guide

The Complete Sales Workflow in AccountDesq: From Customer to Cash

Every stage of a sale in AccountDesq, in order - what each status means, exactly what hits your General Ledger and when, and the honest gaps (some things you might expect to be automatic, aren’t).

19 min readUpdated Intermediate

Vijay Patel · Head of Product, Accountdesq

Product Walkthroughs·Guide

Reports & Business Intelligence in AccountDesq

Sales Register includes every invoice status; Item Performance only counts issued ones. Knowing each report’s basis matters as much as reading its numbers.

10 min readUpdated Intermediate

Vijay Patel · Head of Product, Accountdesq

Receivables·Article

Customer Credit, Refunds and Reversals: Which One, When

Overpayment? Return? Wrong entry? Customer credit, refunds and reversals do three different jobs - using the wrong one corrupts your books.

9 min readUpdated Intermediate

Vijay Patel · Head of Product, Accountdesq

Cash Flow·Article

Cash Flow Forecasting for Founders Who Hate Spreadsheets

Profit is an opinion; cash is a fact. Build a 13-week rolling forecast in 15 minutes a week - no spreadsheet heroics required.

10 min readUpdated Intermediate

Vijay Patel · Head of Product, Accountdesq

Invoicing·Article

Invoicing Best Practices: Get Paid 2× Faster

The invoice itself is a collections tool. How the fastest-paid businesses design, time, and follow up on theirs.

8 min readUpdated Beginner

Pranjal Hedge · Small Business Finance Writer

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Master the Sales Workflow

From setting up a customer to reconciling the cash - exactly what each stage of a sale does in AccountDesq, and every exception along the way.

  1. 1The Complete Sales Workflow in AccountDesq: From Customer to Cash
  2. 2Invoicing Best Practices: Get Paid 2× Faster
  3. 3Recurring Billing and Subscription Invoicing: A Complete Guide
  4. 4Customer Credit, Refunds and Reversals: Which One, When
  5. 5Invoice Still Shows Unpaid After You Recorded the Payment
  6. 6Bank Reconciliation Doesn't Balance? Here's How to Find the Difference

6 steps · ~63 min total

Configure & Administer AccountDesq

Approval limits, the audit trail, journal entries, and every Settings screen - how the controls that keep your books honest actually work.

  1. 1Settings, Approvals & Admin in AccountDesq

1 steps · ~12 min total

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