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Lecture Documents Accounting - Obligation
Course: Intro To Accounting (AC 210)
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University: University of Alabama
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Obligations
Liabilities are present-day debts of the enterprise arising as a result of past events,
the completion of which is expected to result in an outflow from the enterprise of
resources containing economic benefits. Similarly to assets, debts also have two
main groups. The two types of debt are current debt and long-term debt. The
following will be explained one by one about the definition and understanding of
each debt. Current debts current debts are those obligations that are due in one
year or in one cycle of normal activities of the company. A normal cycle is the
period of time required from the time cash is paid for the purchase of goods or
services needed for production until cash from the sale of the company's products
is received. Debt that is classified as current debt is debt that will be paid off
within a period of one year or the operating cycle of the company. Current debt
can also be defined as liabilities that are expected to be repaid with the company's
wealth classified as current assets or by incurring new current debts. Because debt
involves sacrifices in the future, current debt contains an element of uncertainty.
Based on the level of uncertainty, current debt is divided into: 1) current debt that
can be determined, 2) current debt that is uncertain or conditional (contingent). As
for the groups of current accounts payable, they are as follows: accounts payable
accounts payable are accounts receivable, that is, they are debts derived from the
main activity of the company (credit purchases of goods and services). This
account is usually accompanied by a list of accounts payable containing details by
the name of the creditor. Notes payable notes payable or often referred to as notes
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