Accounts Payable Definition
Understand what we mean by accounts payable. Why the process is called accounts payable and what are the other names by which this process is known as. Download a ready recokner to keep with you.
What is Accounts Payable
- Accounts payable is the amount owed for the purchase of goods or services at a specific date.
- It is the money that a company owes to vendors for products and services purchased on credit extended in the normal course of business.
- As a general practice suppliers offer to their customers credit, which is an payment arrangement to pay for a product or service after it has already been received.
- Accounts Payable is presented as Current Liabilities under the Liability section of the Balance Sheet. It represents a negative cash flow for the company.
- Accounts payable are often referred to as "payables".
- Accounts Payable is considered as Current Liability, meaning that it is a short term credit extended to the business expected to be fulfilled in less than a year
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