As we know, in accounting and book-keeping, expenses are debited in order to cause a decrease in the owner's (or stockholders') equity. So in this case, we record outstanding expense as:
ASSETS = LIABILITES + CAPITAL
Nil = +(outst. expense) - (outstanding expense)
Outstanding Expenses are added to Liabilities because it is business' CURRENT LIABILITY and deducted from CAPITAL because it causes a decrease in owner's equity.
NOTE: At the time of payment we deduct it from Liabilities as well as from Cash ( or in JOURNAL ENTRY: we debit Outstanding Expense and credit Cash)
ASSETS = LIABILITES + CAPITAL
-outst. exp. = -outst. exp. + Nil
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