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What is the difference between expenses and payments?

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Question added by najma omar
Date Posted: 2016/11/20
Usman ali
by Usman ali , a one , Tavel Agnsey

payment is a disbursement of money (usually in the form of a check or currency). ... payments to remit payroll tax withholdings will never be an expensepaymentsto reduce liabilities resulting from expenses reported in earlier accounting periods (e.g. payments to reduce interest payable, accounts payable, taxes payable ...

Priyank Halvadia
by Priyank Halvadia , Sr. Account Executive , MHS Infratech Pvt. Ltd.

Expenses is only Unpaid routing office / site expense but the payment is paid agst. expenses / expenditure.

Majid Wangade
by Majid Wangade , Senior Accountant , KANTOUR LIMITED COMPANY ( Real Estate, Construction and Asset Management )

Expenses are costs that have been used up or have been incurred in the process of earning revenues and/or operating a business. 

payment is a disbursement of money (usually in the form of a check or currency). Some payments are current period expenses (e.g. current month's rent payment) but many payments are not expenses of the current period. 

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