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Account payeable
The total account debt as of the statement date is called the balance.
Accounts receivable has a debt balance as normal accounting balance because it is an asset of company.
An account payable is a debt the company owes and maintains a credit balance, the impact on the account if a company pays the debt is a decrease in what the company owes or a decrease in the account payable. This means a debit will be added to the account to "decrease" the balance.
Purchases account is personal account in nature and basic rule for personal account is debt what comes in and credit what goes out so purchases is a debit balance as a default balance.
Account payeable
Yes it is.
The total account debt as of the statement date is called the balance.
Accounts receivable has a debt balance as normal accounting balance because it is an asset of company.
An account payable is a debt the company owes and maintains a credit balance, the impact on the account if a company pays the debt is a decrease in what the company owes or a decrease in the account payable. This means a debit will be added to the account to "decrease" the balance.
My account balance is "in the red." Once debt is paid, you're "in the black."
Purchases account is personal account in nature and basic rule for personal account is debt what comes in and credit what goes out so purchases is a debit balance as a default balance.
It depends on how you have already treated the bad debt in the accounts, if you've already either written the debt off or fully provided for it then the recovery of the debt will be a P&L transaction (income statement)
Whoever you paid the debt to must have not had the account with them, therefore they returned the payment. So to answer your question, yes you are still liable until there is a zero balance on the debt you owe.
It is classified under Long-term Debt/Liabilities
The account you are asking about is called a contra account. One example of a contra account is "Accumulated Depreciation." Accumulated Depreciation (or A/D for short) is grouped with fixed asset accounts on the balance sheet. The normal balance for A/D is a credit, while all other asset accounts (besides other contra accounts) have a normal debit balance. The credit balance in A/D is netted with the debit balance in fixed assets to determine the net book value (NBV) of the fixed assets.
If you are the account or joint account holder, you are responsible for the entire balance regardless of who incurred the debt. If you are an authorized user you are not responsible for repayment except to the account holder.