Merchant Card Receivables: Amounts owed by banking companies for sales of goods, services, and/or special functions from credit companies. This account will be used for all credit card sales regardless of the credit card company involved.
If the assignment of the contract is done with the consent of the counterparty, that amounts to a novation – that is, partial re-writing of the terms of the original contract. benefit under a contract, then such receivables/benefit are not assignable, or not assignable without the consent of the counterparty.
Assignment in the context of a receivable means the transfer of rights related to it to another person or entity. For this purpose, an appropriate contract is usually concluded (although this is not a necessary condition).
Assignment of receivables would mean sale of the lease rentals, not the asset. In that case, the leased asset still remains the property of the assignor – that is, the assignor has retained the residual interest in the asset. However, it would be different if the lessor sells the asset that has been leased out.
A receivable assignment agreement is an agreement by which a creditor – the “assignor” – assigns to another person – the “assignee” – a receivable it holds against a third person – the “assigned debtor”. The assigned debtor is not a party to the assignment agreement.
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.
Either refund the customer the balance by writing them an check and using accounts receivable for the account, or make a journal entry and debit AR for and credit revenue/income.
C. Estimating annual sales returns. This entry involves a credit to accounts receivable as their balance decreases when they return goods.