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yes- (it is an asset)
decrease in asset and decrease in liability
increase an asset, increase a liability
It increases the amount owed, because creditors would be credited
Amounts owed to a business that are on a credit basis are considered a current asset on the books and
yes- (it is an asset)
increase an asset, increase a liability
decrease in asset and decrease in liability
Liability
liability
It increases the amount owed, because creditors would be credited
Amounts owed to a business that are on a credit basis are considered a current asset on the books and
Amounts owed to a business that are on a credit basis are considered a current asset on the books and
indicates an increase in the amount owed to creditors.
Anything "owed" is a liability to the company until it is paid.Gathering what I can from the question, I am assuming the "vendor" would be a person/company that supplies a product that another company resales for profit. In other words it is their Inventory, When the merchandise is recieved, at the moment of receipt if the amount isn't paid and is put on account (owed) then journal entry is adebit to Inventorycredit to Account Payable.Since this is a debt it is recorded as a liability, once it is paid however, the transaction goes as followsdebit to Account Payablecredit to CashThe inventory itself remains an asset until it is sold, then the asset decreases and then and only then is the cost initially paid recorded as an expense.
Account receivables are always assets. It's money that is owed to you by another. The length of time in which that money is expected to be collected determines whether it's a current asset or long term asset.
A current liability is an amount owed within a 1-year period for goods or services received. Accounts payable is the most common current liability.