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Alder Books Reconciliation: Aged debtors report

Aged debtors report for Alder Books Reconciliation. 8 open receivables aged at 2026-09-08, each with 100.00 outstanding against an invoice of between 750.00 and 1275.00. The ageing buckets hold 0.00 current, 500.00 at 31 to 60 days and 300.00 at 61 to 90 days, summing to 800.00, the receivables line of the trial balance.

csv

text/csv

954 B
Document Set
accounting
Industry
finance
Source Kit
accounting-reconciliation
Synthetic
true
As Of
2026-09-08
Rows
9

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Specifications

Document Set
accounting
Industry
finance
Source Kit
accounting-reconciliation
Synthetic
true
As Of
2026-09-08
Rows
9
Open Invoices
8
Outstanding Total
800.00
Encoding
UTF-8

Testing contract

Expected to pass
Scenario
Age the receivables at the stated snapshot date and compare the bucket totals with the trial balance.
Expected result
days_outstanding on each row equals 2026-09-08 minus invoice_date, every row's outstanding falls into exactly one bucket, the four buckets sum to 800.00, and that equals account 1100 on trial-balance.csv.

What is a .csv file?

CSV (Comma-Separated Values) is a plain-text tabular format where rows are lines and fields are separated by commas, with quoting rules for values that contain delimiters, quotes, or newlines. It has no formal type system and depends on encoding and dialect conventions. It is the most portable format for tabular data exchange.

How to use this file

Use an example CSV to test parsers against quoting and embedded-delimiter edge cases, header handling, encoding detection, and import pipelines into databases or spreadsheets.

How to use this file for testing

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Code examples

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv("aged-debtors.csv")
print(df.head())
print(df.dtypes)

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