Saved Help Save A company transferred $74,000 of accounts receivable to a bank. The transfer was made without recourse. The bank remits 90% of the factored amount to the company and retains 10%. When the bank collects the receivables, it will remit to the company the retained amount (which the company estimates has a fair value of $6,400) less a 2% fee (2% of the total factored amount). Required: Prepare the journal entry to record the transfer on the books of the company assuming that the sale criteria are met. Note: If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. View transaction list View journal entry worksheet No Event 1 1 Cash General Journal Loss on sale of receivables Receivable from factor Accounts receivable Debit Credit
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At the end of the accounting period, a financial statement is prepared by every company, then at that time while preparing the financial statement, the company determines among its total receivable amount how much portion of receivables is collected by the company during that accounting period.
Accounts Receivable
The word “account receivable” means the payment is yet to be made for the work that is already done. Generally, each and every business sells its goods and services either in cash or in credit. So, when the goods are sold on credit account receivable arise which means the company is going to get the payment from its customer to whom the goods are sold on credit. Usually, the credit period may be for a very short period of time and in some rare cases it takes a year.
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