Receivables finance, or receivables financing, is a trade finance method businesses can use to receive funding matching the amounts owed to it by its customers in outstanding invoices. These amounts are known as trade receivables or accounts receivable.
An account receivable is recorded as a debit in the assets section of a balance sheet.
Average accounts receivable is calculated as the sum of starting and ending receivables over a set period of time (generally monthly, quarterly or annually), divided by two.
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.