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Receivables Ageing and Expected Credit Loss Planner

Reviewed by Finin2min Editorial Desk · Last reviewed 11 August 2026

Summarise customer receivables by ageing bucket and estimate a provision using bucket-specific loss rates.

Ageing buckets

Total receivables
Expected credit loss
DSO
Receivables over 60 days
Calculation guidance will appear here.

How This Is Calculated

This calculator buckets outstanding receivables by age (current, 30, 60, 90+ days overdue), applies a loss rate to each bucket (older receivables generally carry higher expected loss rates, reflecting greater collection risk), and sums the expected credit loss across buckets — also computing Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) as an overall collection-efficiency metric.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do older receivables get a higher expected loss rate?
Because collection probability generally declines the longer an invoice remains unpaid — a receivable 90+ days overdue is statistically much less likely to be fully collected than one that's current, which is why ageing-bucket loss rates typically increase with age.
What does DSO measure and why does it matter?
Days Sales Outstanding measures the average number of days it takes to collect payment after a sale — a rising DSO trend can signal deteriorating collection efficiency or looser credit terms, both of which tie up working capital that could otherwise be used elsewhere.

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Last reviewed: 15 July 2026

Methodology, assumptions and sources

Scope: Buckets outstanding customer receivables by age (e.g., 0-30, 31-60, 61-90, 90+ days overdue) and estimates an Expected Credit Loss (ECL) provision using ageing-based default-rate assumptions, consistent with the simplified approach under Ind AS 109.

Calculation logic

  1. Bucket each outstanding invoice into an age category based on (Calculation date − Invoice due date), using the age-band boundaries entered/selected by the user.
  2. Apply the entered default-rate percentage for each age bucket (default rates typically increase with age, reflecting higher collection risk for older receivables) to that bucket's total outstanding value.
  3. Sum the resulting expected-loss amounts across all buckets to arrive at the total Expected Credit Loss provision.

Inputs and assumptions

Exclusions and edge cases

Sources

Review status: reviewed and approved by CA Nikhil Gupta on 18 July 2026.

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