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.
To report accounts receivable, gather information about outstanding amounts owed by customers, create an accounts receivable ledger, categorize the accounts by age, prepare a report that summarizes the outstanding amounts, analyze the report, and take action to collect payments and manage the 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.