Accounts Recievable Processing Request

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Adam Chapman
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Dear Northampton Borough Council,

I would like some information about your Accounts Receivable processes.

Please indicate:

1. How many payments do you receive on average per day?
2. How many are BACS?
3. How many are cheques?
4. How many are council tax payments?
5. How many are rent payments?
6. How many are remittance slips?
7. How many people are engaged full time in allocating cash?
8. How many people file remittances?
9. How many people are processing cheques?
10. How many people match receipts to invoices?
11. How many people are manually keying the matches to the sales ledger?
12. How many people reconcile daily cash?
13. How long does it take to clear a day’s cash?
14. Which finance system/accounting package do you use to process customer’s payments?

Please send me the responses by email.

Many thanks and kindest regards,

Adam Chapman

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Judy Goodman, Northampton Borough Council

Dear Mr Chapman

With reference to your request dated 21st February 2011 relating to the
above. Please can you clarify the meaning of number 6 of your request.

Kind Regards

Judy Goodman
Information Governance Officer
Northampton Borough Council
Borough Solicitor's Department
The Guildhall
St Giles Street
Northampton, NN1 1DE
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Adam Chapman
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Dear Judy Goodman,

In regards to question 6, what I am trying to understand is if you receive payments advice slips from your customers and if those slips have to be matched to your sales ledger.

Yours sincerely,

Adam Chapman

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Judy Goodman, Northampton Borough Council

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Dear Mr Chapman

Please find attached the Council's response to your request for
information dated 21st February 2011.

Regards

Judy Goodman
Information Governance Officer
Northampton Borough Council
Borough Solicitor's Department
The Guildhall
St Giles Street
Northampton, NN1 1DE
Tel No. 01604 837409

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