is accounts payable account considered a liability?
Liabilities are not just loans. When you operate a business, and you have employees you will be responsible for payroll taxes that must be paid on that employee. These are known as payroll liabilities. Credit issued to your customer for defective products or services is a liability until the customer uses the credit. Accounts payable in a business are a liability. Theyâre not loans in the traditional sense, but accounts payable are accounts for which the vendor has extended your business credit purchasing terms.