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Is accounts payable a liability or an expense?
Accounts Payable is a liability. Accounts receivable is an asset.
Is bad debt a current liability or expense?
Bad debt is expense to reduce the amount of accounts receivable not recoverable from customers.
Is it true when using the allowance method of accounting for uncollectible accounts the entry to record the bad debt's expense's is a debit to Bad Debts Expense and a credit to Account's Receivable.?
No while using allowance method, bad debts are charged to allowance for bad debts account rather charging the accounts receivable because accounts receivable was already charged with allowance when it was created.
What is the difference between account receivable and accounts payable confirmation?
account receivable- money coming in for profit account payble-money going out for a expense
Is bad debt a fixed cost expense?
No. Because it is calculated as a percentage of accounts receivable or net income it will be variable.
Is accounts payable a liability or an expense?
Accounts Payable is a liability. Accounts receivable is an asset.
What is an alternative name for Bad Debts Expense is?
Accounts Receivable
Is bad debts expense applicable to loans receivable?
Bad debts expense is also use to write off accounts receivable and not for loans receivables.
Is bad debt a current liability or expense?
Bad debt is expense to reduce the amount of accounts receivable not recoverable from customers.
If the amount of uncollectible account expense is understated at year end?
net Accounts Receivable will be overstated.
Is it true when using the allowance method of accounting for uncollectible accounts the entry to record the bad debt's expense's is a debit to Bad Debts Expense and a credit to Account's Receivable.?
No while using allowance method, bad debts are charged to allowance for bad debts account rather charging the accounts receivable because accounts receivable was already charged with allowance when it was created.
What is the difference between account receivable and accounts payable confirmation?
account receivable- money coming in for profit account payble-money going out for a expense
Is bad debt a fixed cost expense?
No. Because it is calculated as a percentage of accounts receivable or net income it will be variable.
Is notes payable a permanent account?
Any account on the balance sheet is a permanent account - 'Cash', 'Accounts Receivable', 'Accounts Payable'. Income and expense accounts are temporary accounts because they are closed at the end of an accounting period. Examples are: 'Service Revenue', 'Office Expense', and, my personal favourite, 'Meetings and Entertainment Expense'.
The direct write off method records uncollectible accounts expense in the year the specific accounts receivable is determined to be uncollectible is this true or false?
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Which types of accounts are closed?
Typically, nominal accounts are closed on a periodic basis..iincome and expense are nominal accounts. Real accounts ...such as cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable are real accounts are not closed and are carried forward to subsequenr periods.
Why is interest expense treated as non operating expense?
Interest expenses are not operating expenses because interest is normally a financing activity as finance is acquired to run business operating activity is to manufacture product for sale.
