Contract. Accounts Receivable. All rights the Company has now or in the future to payments including, but not limited to, payment for goods and other property sold or leased or for services rendered, whether or not the Company has earned such payment by performance.
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.