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Current ratio is generally used to estimate company's liquidity by "deriving the proportion of current assets available to cover current liabilities". The main idea behind this concept is to decide whether current assets which also include cash and cash equivalents are available pay off its short term liabilities (taxes, notes payable, etc.)
Long-term debt: If you financed a property for business use with a 15-year mortgage, that’s a liability. But the long timeline and ongoing nature distinguish this type of debt from short-term ...
In concept, notes receivables are initially measured at present value. When referring to the present value, it means the sum of all future cash flows discounted using the prevailing market rate of interest for similar notes. In terms of short-term notes receivable, it is measured at face value. [2]
A SIV may be thought of as a very simple virtual non-bank financial institution (i.e. it does not accept deposits). Instead of gathering deposits from the public, it borrows cash from the money market by selling short maturity (often less than a year) instruments called commercial paper (CP), medium term notes (MTNs) and public bonds to professional investors.
Current liabilities – these liabilities are reasonably expected to be liquidated within a year. They usually include payables such as wages, accounts, taxes, and accounts payable, unearned revenue when adjusting entries, portions of long-term bonds to be paid this year, and short-term obligations (e.g. from purchase of equipment). Current ...
Commercial paper, in the global financial market, is an unsecured promissory note with a fixed maturity of usually less than 270 days. In layperson terms, it is like an "IOU" but can be bought and sold because its buyers and sellers have some degree of confidence that it can be successfully redeemed later for cash, based on their assessment of the creditworthiness of the issuing company.
The current portion of debt (payable within 12 months) is critical because it represents a short-term claim to current assets and is often secured by long-term assets. Common types of short-term debt are bank loans and lines of credit. An increase in net working capital indicates that the business has either increased current assets (that it ...
Short-term investments – include securities bought and held for sale in the near future to generate income on short-term price differences (trading securities) Receivables – usually reported as net of allowance for non-collectable accounts. Inventory – trading these assets is a normal business of a company.