If its highly unlikely that the amount owed by a customer will be received, then this debt is known as an irrecoverable debt. As it will probably never be received, it is written off by writing it out of the ledger accounts completely.
Irrecoverable debt
Modified on: Fri, 22 Mar, 2019 at 8:13 PM
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