# Accounts receivable

This view shows the outstanding unpaid invoices by a chosen date, together with the balance for the 'accounts receivable' account for that date. The purpose of this report is twofold:

1. It provides you with a specification for the accounts receivable, typically required by the end of the fiscal year.
2. It provides you with the means to find discrepancies in the accounts receivable, if the account balance does not match the unpaid invoices.

To use the report, make sure that there are no entries left under 'Pending'. Preferably you should also use the automatic entry features of the invoicing part of the application. The entry names generated by the application contain the invoice number in '#1234' format, and this is used to determine which entries belong to which invoices. If you file your own entries, make sure to use the invoice number in the entry name, preceded by a hash (#).

If you identify invoices that do not belong in the list, you can remove them using the 'Ignore invoice…' button. This will remove them from the list. Typically, this means that you've filed or written off the invoice in some other way without using the required format as specified in the above paragraph.