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What is the Difference Between Accounts Payable & Accrued expenses payable?

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Question added by Ghazanfar Imran , Financial Controller , National Security Institute
Date Posted: 2014/06/23
Nithya Sathyan
by Nithya Sathyan , Accountant , Ibn Ajayan Projects Real estate

A payable is a liability or debt that has to be paid by the buyer to the seller on the terms that they have agreed upon while an expense is the payment by an individual or a business entity to another in exchange for goods and services.On the other hand, accrued expenses are the total liability that is payable for goods and services that have been consumed by the company or received.

Accounts payable are those liabilities recorded in the accounts to be paid in the future, accrued expenses are the expenses to be accrued every specific period monthly, quarterly examples rent, salaries, insurance,...,etc.

Chhaya Devi
by Chhaya Devi , Assistant Manager , Schneider Electric India Limited

Accounts Payable is outstanding payments to creditor on account of various purchases made on credit in line with main stream/product of business for which Invoice has been received (Eg Raw material, services) and accounted whereas accrued expense payable can be any expense which is incurred to facilitate business but not yet paid like interest on loans, taxes.

Mohamad Badawi Khalil
by Mohamad Badawi Khalil , Chief Accountant , alhokair group

Both accounts payables and accrued expenses are liabilities. Accounts payable is the total amount of short-term obligations or debt a company has to pay to its creditors for goods or services bought on credit. With accounts payables, the vendor's or supplier's invoices have been received and recorded.

 

On the other hand, accrued expenses are the total liability that is payable for goods and services that have been consumed by the company or received. However, accrued expenses are those bills in which an invoice or bill has not yet been received. As a result, accrued expenses can sometimes be an estimated amount of what's owed, which is adjusted later to the exact amount, once the invoice has been received.

 

Conversely, accounts payable should represent the exact amount of the total owed from all of the invoices received.

Kanakatara Subramanian
by Kanakatara Subramanian , Finance Head , SMA Solar India Pvt Ltd

Accured expense payable means an expense that was recognised in books in month when the goods are received or service is availed irrespective of payment is made or not. this only confirms that a transaction has occured. where as Accounts Payable related to actual amount payable to suppliers / vendors against invoices posted in system. 

 

Abdul Rasheed Cholayil
by Abdul Rasheed Cholayil , Finance Manager Corporate , Landmark Arabia

Accounts Payables are the liabilities for which invoices have been received and recorded in the books but not paid. Whereas Accrued expenses payables are liabilities for which invoices are not received but recorded in the books as outstanding expenses and will be paid once the invoices are received.

NATHANIEL GEORGE
by NATHANIEL GEORGE , Manager , FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA LTD

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SHORT TERM OBLIGATIONS  (DEBTS) A COMPANY PAYS TO ITS CREDITORS WHEREAS ACCRUED EXPENSES IS THE TOTAL LIABILITY PAYABLE FOR GOODS AND SERVICES CONSUMED BY THE FIRM

Jad Barakat
by Jad Barakat , general accountant , societe BA-CEL

Accounts payable is the total amount of short-term obligations or debt a company has to pay to its creditors for goods or services bought on credit. ... On the other hand, accrued expenses are the total liability that is payable for goods and services that have been consumed by the company or received.

ANYANE-OBIRI ONYAMEBA ZACHARIA
by ANYANE-OBIRI ONYAMEBA ZACHARIA , Finance officer, Financial Accounting Tutor For Secondary schools, Human Resource Manager , L'aine Services Ltd

ACCOUNTS PAYABLES which are also known as payables are those payments a firm made within a specified period of time for goods and services bought on credit. They are usually short term. ACCRUED EXPENSES are payments that a company is mandated to pay in the future for which goods and services have already been delivered but bills or invoices have not been received. It shoould be noted that both are liabilities

AHMED NASSER
by AHMED NASSER , CFO , NST

the accounts payble is the supplliers or contractors and any liabiliets

 

the accued expenses amounts apied for the comming perioud like rent

 

bullding rent office 

AJITH ALEX
by AJITH ALEX , Assistant Accountant , T.O Ittoop & Associates Engineers&Contractors

Accrued expenses are those liabilities that have built up overtime and are due to be paid. Accounts payable, are current liabilities that will be paid in near future