Because it's taken from the company's cash balance - and credited to the company's account. The company's books must balance - therefore, the cash is taken from one account and paid into another.
It is NOT, accounts payable is never considered a debit on any financial statement. Accounts Payable is a liability that a company owes and therefore must maintain a "credit" balance.
It's a debit
It is debit on your accounts
revenue accounts increase by credit
Debit: Purchases Credit: Accounts Payable Debit: Cash Credit: Sales
Debit is the left side of accounting statement and Credit is the right side of accounting statement. By debit we mean something comes inside the organization and by credit we mean, something goes outside the organization. That means debit means inflow and credit means outflow. For Example, we write Accounts Recieveable at, cash in hand, cash at bank, and assets at the left side of accounting statement as debit and write Accounts Payable, Bonds Payable, Bills Payable and other liabilities at the right side of accounting statement as credit. Hope answer the question
It is NOT, accounts payable is never considered a debit on any financial statement. Accounts Payable is a liability that a company owes and therefore must maintain a "credit" balance.
debit
It's a debit
It is debit on your accounts
An account is a record that represents a single thing to the company. Balance sheets represent multiple accounts. Accounts can at one time only be either a debit or a credit. A balance sheet is a collection of certain accounts presented in a statement, and includes both debit and credit accounts.
revenue accounts increase by credit
Debit: Purchases Credit: Accounts Payable Debit: Cash Credit: Sales
debit
[Debit] Purchases [Credit] Accounts payable
[Debit] Purchases account [Credit] Accounts Payable
debit and credit