Agreement Accounts Receivable With Credit Card In Collin
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Credit Cards as Liabilities The balance owed on a credit card can be treated either as a negative asset, known as a “contra” asset, or as a liability. In this article we'll explore the optional method of using liability accounts, however, there are several advantages to using the Contra Asset Approach.
A credit card agreement is defined as the written document or documents evidencing the terms of the legal obligation, or the prospective legal obligation, between a card issuer and a consumer for a credit card account under an open-end (not home-secured) consumer credit plan.
Answer and Explanation: Accounts Receivable is always have a normal debit balance because this is part of Assets and all asset accounts has a final debit balance. While Accounts Payable should have a credit balance because it is part of the Liabilities account and all liabilities account has normal credit balance.
Therefore, when a journal entry is made for an accounts receivable transaction, the value of the sale will be recorded as a credit to sales. The amount that is receivable will be recorded as a debit to the assets. These entries balance each other out.
How Are Accounts Receivable Journal Entries Recorded? AR journal entries are recorded in the accounting system using a double-entry bookkeeping system. In this system, each transaction is recorded with two journal entries, one debiting one account and one crediting another account.
