Does anyone else get mixed up trying to balance accounts receivable and accounts payable at the end of each quarter? I keep feeling like I'm missing something obvious when I review the reports, especially when it comes to timing invoices and payments.

We’ve got a decent handle on invoices sent, but tracking incoming payments and matching them properly is a pain. Also, I wish we had a cleaner view of when we owe vs when we’re owed.

What helped me most was realizing that AR and AP don’t just live in reports—they shape cash flow. I found this more info after digging around online during a budgeting nightmare. The article breaks down the relationship between the two in a way that finally made sense to me. I used to treat them like separate tasks, but now I think of them as part of one cash rhythm. Since then, we’ve tightened our payment cycles and spend way less time on reconciliations.