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[[Accounts Receivable]] (alternatively known as [[Accounts Receivable account]] or [[Accounts Receivable controlling account]]) is the Accounts Receivable account in the general ledger, after postings are complete, shows a firm the total amount of money owed to it. This figure is broken down in the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger, where it indicates specifically who owes the money.
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[[Accounts Receivable]] (alternatively known as [[Accounts Receivable account]], [[A/R account]], or [[Accounts Receivable controlling account]]) is the Accounts Receivable account in the general ledger, after postings are complete, shows a firm the total amount of money owed to it. This figure is broken down in the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger, where it indicates specifically who owes the money.
  
  
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*[[Accounting]] (alternatively known as [[accountancy]]) is management of [[financial data]], information, and knowledge about [[financial transaction]]s of [[legal entity|legal entiti]]es. [[Accountancy]] tends to include [[bookkeeping]] and, depending on a particilar enterprise, may also include [[quatitative analysis]] of [[financial data]] in the [[bookkeeping system]] and/or [[business intelligence]].
 
*[[Accounting]] (alternatively known as [[accountancy]]) is management of [[financial data]], information, and knowledge about [[financial transaction]]s of [[legal entity|legal entiti]]es. [[Accountancy]] tends to include [[bookkeeping]] and, depending on a particilar enterprise, may also include [[quatitative analysis]] of [[financial data]] in the [[bookkeeping system]] and/or [[business intelligence]].
  
==Related coursework==
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*[[Principles of Accounting]].  
 
*[[Principles of Accounting]].  
  
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Latest revision as of 15:20, 12 July 2020

Accounts Receivable (alternatively known as Accounts Receivable account, A/R account, or Accounts Receivable controlling account) is the Accounts Receivable account in the general ledger, after postings are complete, shows a firm the total amount of money owed to it. This figure is broken down in the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger, where it indicates specifically who owes the money.


Definitions

According to College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition)‎,

Accounts Receivable account (Accounts Receivable controlling account). The Accounts Receivable account in the general ledger, after postings are complete, shows a firm the total amount of money owed to it. This figure is broken down in the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger, where it indicates specifically who owes the money.

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