Cash Receipts System
The cash receipts process begins in the mail room, which
is staffed with many employees who have the responsibility
of receiving and opening both routine mail (catalogs,
advertisements) and mail containing customer
payments. Each mail clerk opens the envelope and separates
the check and remittance advice. The clerk reconciles
the two and then manually adds each receipt to a
common remittance list. When all customer payments
have been so processed, the finished remittance lists
and the associated checks are sent to the cash receipts
department. The remittance advices are sent to the AR
department.