Whispering Incorporated factored $126,900 of accounts receivable with Metlock Factors Inc. on a without-recourse basis. Metlock assesses a 2% fınance charge of the amount of accounts receivable and retains an amount equal to 5% of accounts receivable for possible adjustments. Prepare the journal entry for Whispering Incorporated and Metlock Factors to record the factoring of the accounts receivable to Metlock. (If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)
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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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