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Music teaching: Should invoiced revenue be treated as available cash?

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Music teaching / lesson economics
Answer

The loss and recovery rates are entered assumptions. This is not an accounting-standard provision calculation.

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Formula and worked example

Expected loss = credit revenue × uncollected share × (1 − recovery)

Example figures
InputExample
Credit revenue exposed50,000
Expected uncollected share2 %
Expected recovery of unpaid amount10 %
Calculated result900

Choose reliable inputs

Connect teaching time, preparation, attendance and room capacity to each lesson or class. For this music teaching calculation, use attendance records, teaching schedules and room costs and a consistent definition of one lesson.

  • Teaching time: include the portion belonging to this lesson or reporting period, and record where the value came from.
  • Preparation: include the portion belonging to this lesson or reporting period, and record where the value came from.
  • Studio overhead: include the portion belonging to this lesson or reporting period, and record where the value came from.

Use the same currency for every money input. Do not mix weekly costs with monthly revenue, or count the same expense in both an itemised cost and allocated overhead.

Should invoiced revenue be treated as available cash?

The loss and recovery rates are entered assumptions. This is not an accounting-standard provision calculation.

Compare a different assumption

What if this input changes?

If credit revenue exposed rises by 10%, this example changes by 90 . This shows the effect of one change; it does not predict what will happen.

Open the calculator, save your baseline, then change the input supported by the least reliable estimate in your records. Compare both scenarios before committing to a price or capacity promise.

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