QuickBooks 2015 All-in-One For Dummies. Nelson Stephen L.

that you record expenses when the expenses actually occur. As you may have already figured out, the accounts payable method is really the mirror image of the accounts receivable approach described in the early paragraphs of this chapter. The accounts payable method, as you may intuit, delivers two big benefits: It keeps track of the amounts that you owe vendors and suppliers, and it recognizes expenses as they occur rather than when you pay them (which may be some time later).