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Accounts Payable Procedure

Author: Reconcile-At-Work
December 1, 2009

Accounts payable are debts that are owed by your company to your creditors for goods purchased or services rendered. Having open account credit will allow our company to conduct more extensive operations and use your financial resources more effectively.  If you are going to have a good credit record, the payment of these invoices must be paid on time and your will need an efficient system for keeping track of what you owe and when it should be paid.

If the accounts payable procedure is followed and the accounts payable are not numerous and you do not accumulate unpaid invoices by partial payments, you may wish to eliminate accounts payable records and use an accordion file divided into the days of the month. Invoices payable may be directly filed under the date on which they should be paid, taking into account discounts available for early payment.


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