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Is accounts receivable an asset or liability? Everything you need to know

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Asavin Wattanajantra

Asavin Wattanajantra

Business Writer and SMB expert

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Bex Burn-Callander

Journalist, author and host of the Sound Advice Podcast

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Simon Brooke

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Tim Cooper

Tim Cooper

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