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business and finance debt factoring and invoice discountingIs accounts payable debit or credit?
As a liability account, Accounts Payableis expected to have a credit balance. Hence, a creditentry will increase the balance in Accounts Payable and adebit entry will decrease the balance. A bill or invoicefrom a supplier of goods or services on credit is oftenreferred to as a vendor invoice.
Keeping this in consideration, when accounts payable is debited what is credited?
Accounts Payable Credit or Debit.Account Payable is a liability account which measuresthe amount owed to the vendors or suppliers. If goods or servicespurchased by the company on credit, then the liabilityincreases than means account payable increases or getcredit.
Keeping this in consideration, what is the normal balance for accounts payable?
| Account Type | Normal Balance | Account Example |
|---|---|---|
| Property Accounts | ||
| Asset | Debit | Cash, Accounts Receivable |
| Property Rights Accounts | ||
| Liability | Credit | Accounts Payable |
Accounts payable is considered a currentliability, not an asset, on the balance sheet. Individualtransactions should be kept in the accounts payablesubsidiary ledger. Delayed accounts payable recording canunder-represent the total liabilities. This has the effect ofoverstating net income in financial statements.