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Sales & Payments6 Sept 2026
A customer paid you later. Here is why that should not become another sale
Money received today may belong to a sale from last week. Separating the sale from the collection keeps revenue and cash movement from being confused.
Practical Bookkeeping5 Sept 2026
Sales value vs money received: why a small business needs both numbers
A business can sell ₦200,000 today and collect less than ₦200,000—or collect more because old customers paid. These are different measures of what happened.
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