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Cos'è Debiti commerciali?

I debiti commerciali sono gli importi che l'azienda deve ai fornitori per beni o servizi ricevuti ma non ancora pagati – iscritti tra le passività correnti.

AP is effectively short-term, interest-free supplier credit. Stretching payment terms — Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) — frees up cash, but pushing too far damages supplier relationships and may forfeit early-payment discounts (e.g. 2/10 net 30 offers a 2% discount for paying within 10 days instead of 30).

The gap between DSO and DPO drives the cash conversion cycle: businesses that collect quickly and pay slowly self-finance growth.

Formula
DPO = (Accounts Payable ÷ COGS) × 365
Esempio

A restaurant receives CHF 20,000 of food deliveries on net-30 terms; the amount is recorded as accounts payable until the supplier invoice is settled.

Termini correlati

Domande frequenti

What is DPO?+

Days Payable Outstanding — average number of days a business takes to pay its suppliers.

Is high AP good or bad?+

Good for cash flow, bad if it strains supplier relationships or signals inability to pay.

Should I take early-payment discounts?+

Usually yes — a 2/10 net 30 discount is equivalent to a ~36% annualised return on the cash used.