Short-term liabilities are also known as ________ liabilities
A) fixed
B) instant
C) debenture
D) current
E) past-due
D
Explanation: D) Short-term liabilities, also known as current liabilities, are obligations a company is responsible for paying within a year or less and are listed first on the balance sheet. They consist of accounts payable, accrued expenses, and short-term financing.
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A: Band of investment method; B: Summation method; C: Market data (comparison) method; D: Any of the above.
Tad filed for bankruptcy as the amount of his debts far exceeded the amount of his assets. In the bankruptcy the trustee seized all of Tad’s non exempt property, which he sold in order to pay off the creditors. Unfortunately the amount of money generated by the sale of the assets was insufficient to pay all of the debts, and very few of the creditors were fully paid. This form of bankruptcy is known as:
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