is accrued income a debit or a credit 
accrued income will be recorded as a credit to an income account and as a debit to accounts receivable on the balance sheet after the service has been provided but before payment has been received the bottom lineaccrued income is a method of recording income under the accrual method of accounting income is recorded as it is incurred rather than when it is received this stands in contrast to the cash accounting method which only records income and other figures such as sales when cash is in hand 