It tells you how much you have invoiced but not yet been paid at a certain point in time. It's basically an indicator of how long it takes your vendors to pay their bill to you.
Billing
Accounts receivable has a debt balance as normal accounting balance because it is an asset of company.
Since its on the left side of the basic account equation of assets= liabilities + equity its normal balance would be a debit
recurring are usually daily operations such as depreciation expense, prepaid expenses, accounts receivable, accounts payable, etc. They are a part of normal ongoing business. However, non-recurring items are things like gains and losses, changes in accounting policies that affects income. They are not usual a part of normal ongoing business.
Revenue is always credit as all revenue accounts has credit balance as normal balance and cash received or accounts receivable is debit against it.
Billing
Accounts receivable has a debt balance as normal accounting balance because it is an asset of company.
Accounts Payable is the amount which is payable by company for the merchandise purchased by company but payment is due in future, as it is the liability of company so like all liability accounts it has credit balance as normal balance.
Asset Contra account to Accounts Receivable (Contra-Asset). Normal balance is credit.
Since its on the left side of the basic account equation of assets= liabilities + equity its normal balance would be a debit
recurring are usually daily operations such as depreciation expense, prepaid expenses, accounts receivable, accounts payable, etc. They are a part of normal ongoing business. However, non-recurring items are things like gains and losses, changes in accounting policies that affects income. They are not usual a part of normal ongoing business.
Revenue is always credit as all revenue accounts has credit balance as normal balance and cash received or accounts receivable is debit against it.
Retainage is recorded on the balance sheet. The contractor, to whom the retainage is owed, records retainage as an asset. The client, who owes retainage to the contractor records retainage as a liability. Retainage receivable accounts have a normal debit balance; retainage payable accounts have a normal credit balance.
the increase side of an account is also the side of the normal balance
Sales is a revenue account and like all revenue accounts sales also has credit balance as normal balance and cash or accounts receivable are debit against it.
Trade receivables arising in normal course of business but other receivable is not.
Computerized accounting is done using accounting software packages and spreadsheets to compile data; traditional bookkeeping is done in long form using ledgers and accounts receivable and accounts payable forms.