VAT Payable: debit or credit?

VAT 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)4750 Hacienda Pública, acreedora por IVA
France (PCG 2025)44551 TVA à décaisser
Germany (generic accounts)—

Practice entries that use this account

No published exercise uses this account yet.