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Accounts Receivable is classified as an Asset. Assets have a normal Debit balance. If you mean to say that the customer has paid off some of the amount in their account, then the amount is listed on the Credit side and in the Debit side of the Cash account. If they have bought supplies on the account (owe you money) then the amount is put into the Debit side.

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Q: Is a credit issued to a customer a debit or credit to Accounts Receivable?
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When does accounts receivable have a credit balance?

If an account has a credit balance the customer must have overpaid on their account or a credit was issued by the company and posted to the customers account, resulting in a credit or negative balance.


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In order to credit a customer in the account, a credit note must be issued. After that is done, a journal entry can be made to indicate the credit.


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How are refunds commonly returned to customers?

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Isn't canceling a credit card same as breaking a contract?

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Journal entries of provision for doubtful debts?

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Credit Memo A Credit Memo is a document that...?

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Does a company credit when the company is the accounts payable and the card was issued by the company for business expenses affect your personal credit score?

If none of your legal information is attached to the card (SSN for example) then the answer is No it will not affect your presonal credit score.