accounts-receivable

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable come into existence when a business offers products or services to its customers on credit. The amount of money that the customers owe to the company is written as an asset on the balance sheet. This asset represents the money that a customer has to pay to the company. For example, a water filtration company […]

accounts payable

Accounts Payable

When a business purchases a service or a product from a supplier (but doesn’t pay cash at the time of the sale), the payment amounts are recorded into the company’s financial statements and released on the due date stated on the invoice (most often, 30 days later). The record of unpaid money and due invoices that […]