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Accounts Payable

Here's how accounts payable is typically presented in accounting reports:

Updated over 11 months ago

💡 Generate the Account Payables Summary report to track outstanding payments to your contacts and identify any overdue amounts.

Utilize advanced options and filters to tailor the report to your organization's specifications.


About the report

This report gives you a quick look at any payments you still owe as of the report date. It covers various types of transactions like bills you need to pay, expense claims. Even if you've paid some bills after the report date, they'll still show up here if they were due at the time of the report.

Sometimes, if you paid a bill before you received it, the total amount you owe might go down when you look at the report for a specific period.


Run the report

For best results, upload your bills and reconcile bank accounts and statements prior running the report.

  1. In the Accounting menu, select Accounts Payable.

  2. Find and open the Accounts Payable tab.

  3. Select a Date or click the arrow next to the date to choose a set reporting period, eg End of last month.

💡 You have option to download this page by clicking on the ⬇️ Arrow down, PDF icon or print it by clicking on the 🖨️Printer icon.

If you need a breakdown of each transactions you owe for each supplier:

  1. You can open "Accounts Payable Details"

  2. Similarly, you may filter the data by "Location", "Supplier" and specific time period.

Each of the transactions are grouped based on the due date aging period. You may click on the reference number in order to be routed to the specific bill or invoice.


Understand the report results

The details shown in your report can change based on the options you choose. Here are some typical columns you might see:

Columns

Description

Vendors

This is the name of the supplier or company you owe money to.

Total

The total sum of money you owe to each supplier regardless of overdue or current

Total Outstanding

Any amount that is past its due date and needs to be paid urgently.

1 - 30 Days

The amount due past 1-30 days from the due date

31 - 60 Days

The amount due past 31-60 days from the due date

61 -90 Days

The amount due past 61-90 days from the due date

Over 90 days

Any amount overdue by more than 90 days.

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