debit bad debt
Credit allowance for bad debt
debit bad debt
credit allowance for bad debt
[Debit] Allowance for debtors account [Credit] Accounts receivable account
Under the allowance method, entry would be: Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (DR) Account Receivable (CR)
The journal entry is as follows: [Debit] Accounts Receivable XXXX [Credit] Land XXXX This entry is only affecting the balance sheet accounts by decreasing one asset account and increasing another asset account. When cash is received, the journal entry is as follows: [Debit] Cash/Bank XXXX [Credit] Accounts receivable XXXX
Debit cash / bankCredit accounts receivable
Post to Commissions Earned, an income account and Commissions Receivable, a current asset account.
Debit bad debtsCredit accounts receivable
debit cashcredit accounts receivable
Any sales on account (aka credit sales) will increase accounts receivable by the same amount. The journal entry for this would be: Account Receivable (debit) Sales (revenue) (credit)
The answer is in your question actually. If you received cash on account the asset of CASH will increase, while the asset of Account Receivable will decrease.Since you received cash it is assumed that they paid you cash on a balance that they owed you, so the journal entry would be a debit to cash (increase) and a credit to accounts receivable (decrease)
Accounts-receivable@ Sales(sales being in your Results and accounts-receivable in your balance sheet)
[Debit] cash / bank [credit] accounts receivable
Debit cash / bankCredit accounts receivable