Trade Notes Payable: debit or credit?

Trade Notes Payable increases on the credit side and decreases on the debit side: its normal balance is a credit.

Liabilities are amounts the business owes. They increase with a credit.

Name in each convention

Account names and codes follow each convention; an account that does not exist in a convention is not offered there.

ConventionAccount
United States (US textbooks)—
Spain (PGC 2007)401 Proveedores, efectos comerciales a pagar
France (PCG 2025)403 Fournisseurs - Effets à payer
Germany (generic accounts)Schuldwechsel

Practice entries that use this account