Accounts receivable

Invoices you have sent that customers have not paid yet. An asset, because the money is coming.

In Solo Superstars

The balance of 1100 Accounts Receivable (A/R) on the Balance sheet equals the unpaid total of sent invoices. The Aging report lists which ones and how late.

Example

Three sent invoices for 1,200, 800 and 450 unpaid: accounts receivable 2,450.

Codes shown are the defaults a new workspace starts with. Yours may be renamed or renumbered — check Accounting › Chart of accounts. See the full default chart.

Also called

  • AR
  • A/R
  • receivables
  • what you are owed

Related

  • 1100 Accounts Receivable (A/R) — Money customers owe you for invoices you have sent but they have not paid. An asset, because the cash is coming.
  • AR aging — Unpaid invoices bucketed by how overdue they are: current, 1–30, 31–60, 61–90 and over 90 days.
  • Invoice — Your request for payment. Sending one books revenue and a receivable; the customer pays through the hosted link.
  • Write-off — Giving up on an invoice that will not be paid. Removes the receivable and books the loss as bad debt.

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