Liabilities In QuickBook HELP!

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Hi! I started recently with a company that uses QuickBooks. They were doing journal entries AND entering bills to account for leases to be paid. At this time, they were also crediting a Lease Payable account every time a bill was entered.

Here is the problem. The Lease Payable account has an INSANELY high credit balance. After review of what's been happening the past few years I have determined the following:
Journal Entries: Debiting Leasing Costs and Crediting Lease Payable.
Bills Entered: Debiting Leasing Costs and Crediting A/R
Bills Paid: Debiting A/P and Crediting Checking.

How do I do an adjusting entry to show that Lease Payable was actually being decreased every time a bill was being paid???? At first I thought I should do an entry to Debit Lease Payable and Credit A/P, but I don't want my A/P to have some ridiculous new balance.

PLEASE assist. I am losing my mind over this!!!!

(At first glance I thought we were entering expenses twice, but that is not an issue)
 

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