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Accounting for Retention Receivable & Payable: A Contractor’s Guide

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Both retention accounts are shown as current assets and current liabilities, respectively. According to Mehdian, a lot of contractors don’t record retention receivable or payable, especially those using Quickbooks accounting software. Plus, not recording retention payable leads to the understating of a company’s liabilities.