Accounts payable and notes payable serve different purposes in a company. Understanding the distinctions between them can help you improve the financial structure of your business. In the normal ...

Notes payable is accounting-speak for promissory notes, written commitments that say you've borrowed money and have to pay it back. Like other outstanding debts, notes payable affect your bottom line.

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