What are accrued revenues and when are they recorded?

In accrual accounting, the matching principle states that expenses and revenues should be recorded in the period to which they relate, regardless of when the transfer of cash occurs.

Accrued revenue is a sale that has been recognized by the seller, but which has not yet been billed to the customer.

Accrued revenue is quite common in the services industries, since billings may be delayed for several months, until the end of a project or on achieving designated milestone.

The concept of accrued revenue is needed in order to properly match revenues with expenses.

The accounting entry for accrued revenue will be:

Accrued Revenue (Dr)

Revenue (Cr)

When actual invoices will be sent to the customer, the accounting entry will be:

Account Receivable (Dr)

Accrued Revenue (Cr)

Accrued revenue appears as an asset in the Balance Sheet.

this is the unrealized revenue.Unearned revenues are recorded as liabilities until such time as the goods and services are delivered, after which they may be recognized as earned revenues (when service or goods are delivered)

I agree with Shahbaz Hayder's answer.

IAS accounting for revenue from Services shall be accounted for when:

conditions are satisfied: (a) the amount of revenue can be measured reliably; (b) it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity; (c) the stage of completion of the transaction at the end of the reporting period can be measured reliably; and(d) the costs incurred for the transaction and the costs to complete the transaction can be measured reliably.

At year end the cost of providing the services are measured and based on a percentage completion basis the revenue will need to be accrued, but not necessarily billed to the customer.  The journal entries shall be Debit - Other Financial Assets (accrued revenue) in the Statement of Financial  Position and credit Revenue in the profit and loss account of the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

Accrued revenues are revenues that is earned but not yet billed or received

Accrued Revenues account appears as an asset in the balance sheet and usually very common in services contracting companies 

This account used to recognize revenues but not billed to the client.

the Entry to record the revenues:

Dr// accrued revenues

   Cr// revenues

Accrued revenue is income that has been incurred but not received, such as monthly rent that is due in arrears, or following the monthly rental period. The income has been earned (since an individual or firm rented the item) but the revenue has not been received (as per the rental agreement to pay in arrears).

Accrued revenues are income which are pending. i.e: they are occured but not yet received. those revenues are recorded as they occur instead of when they are received. in financial statment they are recorded in balance sheet as assets.

Accrued revenues are fees or a income that have been earned but they have not yet been recorded through the normal invoicing because they are not in accountants's general ledger, so they will not appear in financial statements 

for this a adjustment entry is entered prior to prepare financial statements

Iِn short

• Accrued revenue: Revenue earned but it will be collected in a subsequent period .

• Record As an Asset In The Balance Sheet 
• Revenue has Credit Nature but its accrued so it's recorded as Debit

                 DR. Accrued Revenues

                         Dr. Revenues