"Accounts payables"?!?! Jesh.

But don't take my word for it. I've asked my CPA husband to comment:

I've been invited to appear as a guest poster. As a CPA with 23 years of business experience, I can state I have never heard the double plural Accounts Payables. The department that pays bills is Accounts Payable. A single account can be referred to as an account payable, although in the context of a business discussion, payable is usually unnecessary. You're already talking to somebody about payables or receivables or you're talking about vendors or customers. We would refer to the accounts or the vendors (if accounts payable) or customers (if accounts receivable). Also, a group of accounts extracted from a subledger would still be referred to as accounts payable or receivable.

Perhaps the writer wrote "account payables" and the editor meant to change it to "accounts payable," and the edit got away from him. Or, maybe it was an homage to Gollum.


Nassssty billessssesssss.