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Short-term liabilities

Short-term liabilities

Amounts that are owed that have to be paid within one year

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Current liabilities

Current liabilities is an accounting term used describe the short-term debts of a business that fall due to be paid within the next year. It includes creditors as well as things like bank overdrafts, short-term loans and tax liabilities.

Liabilities

What the company owes, its debt and unpaid bills – liabilities can be classified as short-term (payable within one year) or long-term (payable after one year).

Gearing

Gearing – A measure of how much a company has borrowed, calculated as debt (excluding other short-term liabilities) divided by net assets and expressed either as a percentage or as a number where 100 = no gearing and 110 = 10% gearing. NB if in doubt, it is recommended that the investor should check.

Working Capital

Working Capital is a term used to describe the assets (including cash) available to a company to fund its short-term funding requirements. An accountant would define it as current assets minus current liabilities. As well as cash, it includes stock (inventory) and products that they have started to make but aren’t yet available for sale (work […]

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