What do you mean by the term Accounts Payables/ Receivables?

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What do you mean by the term Accounts Payables/ Receivables?..

Answer / ch.babu

Both are exist when transactions made on credit instead of
cash.

Accounts Payable: Company/customer owes to the supplier
when goods or servies purchased on credit.

Accounts Receivable:money owed by the customer to another
entity in exchange of goods or services that have been
delivered or used, but not yet paid for. this will occur on
credit sales.

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What do you mean by the term Accounts Payables/ Receivables?..

Answer / s4sridhar@gmail.com

The Total Credit purchases is Accounts payable / Sundry
Creditors, which appear in Liabilities side.

The Total Credit Sales is Accounts Receivables / Sundry
Debtors, which appear in Assets side.

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What do you mean by the term Accounts Payables/ Receivables?..

Answer / dinesh

Accounts Payables = you purchased from them on credit.
Accounts receivable= you sold them on credit

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What do you mean by the term Accounts Payables/ Receivables?..

Answer / chandu

the term accounts payables means sundry creditors. including creditors and trade creditor, the term is used in balance sheet but not individual.
the term accounts receivables means sundry debtors, sundry debtors includes both debtors and trade debtors the term is used in balance sheet but not individual.

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