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[[Accounts Payable]] (alternatively known as [[Accounts Payable account]] or [[A/P account]]) is the [[ledger account]] that, after postings are complete, shows the total amount of money that the [[creditor]]s of the [[legal entity]] owe to this ''entity''.
 
[[Accounts Payable]] (alternatively known as [[Accounts Payable account]] or [[A/P account]]) is the [[ledger account]] that, after postings are complete, shows the total amount of money that the [[creditor]]s of the [[legal entity]] owe to this ''entity''.
==Definitions==
 
According to [[College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition)‎]],
 
:[[Accounts Payable]] (A/P). Unpaid supplier invoices and bills (that is money owed by the business to other businesses) are grouped under Accounts Payable - 'AP' for short - and are found on the balance sheet as a liability. Once a bill is paid it is removed from this group.
 
  
  
 
==Related concepts==
 
==Related concepts==
 
*[[Accounting]] (alternatively known as [[accountancy]]) is management of [[financial data]], information, and knowledge about [[financial transaction]]s of [[legal entity|legal entiti]]es. [[Accountancy]] tends to include [[bookkeeping]] and, depending on a particilar enterprise, may also include [[quatitative analysis]] of [[financial data]] in the [[bookkeeping system]] and/or [[business intelligence]].
 
*[[Accounting]] (alternatively known as [[accountancy]]) is management of [[financial data]], information, and knowledge about [[financial transaction]]s of [[legal entity|legal entiti]]es. [[Accountancy]] tends to include [[bookkeeping]] and, depending on a particilar enterprise, may also include [[quatitative analysis]] of [[financial data]] in the [[bookkeeping system]] and/or [[business intelligence]].
*[[Bookkeeping]]. Recording, filing, and retrieving of [[financial data]], as well as producing those [[financial report]]s that are required by laws.
 
  
 
==Related lectures==
 
==Related lectures==
 
*[[Principles of Accounting]].  
 
*[[Principles of Accounting]].  
*[[Bookkeeping Quarter]].
 
  
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Latest revision as of 14:45, 12 July 2020

Accounts Payable (alternatively known as Accounts Payable account or A/P account) is the ledger account that, after postings are complete, shows the total amount of money that the creditors of the legal entity owe to this entity.


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