ACCT20100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Accounts Payable, Current Liability, Working Capital

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Businesses finance the acquisition of their assets from: 1. Debt: funds supplied from creditors borrowings: 2. Capital structure: the mixture of debt and equity that a business uses. Factors to consider when borrowing money= risk and cost: debt= riskier than equity. If a company cannot meet a required payment on debt, then creditors can force company into bankruptcy and require the sale of assets to satisfy debts. As a result, interest that will be paid in the future is not. Current liabilities: short-term obligations that will be paid within one year. Non-current liabilities: obligations that will be paid in a time greater than one year . Liquidity: the ability to pay current obligations: can be measured by the current ratio and the dollar amount of working capital (current assets current liabilities. Specific operating activities are financed by a related current liability: examples: Rent store space for coffeehouse accrued occupancy costs. Service performed by employees accrued compensation costs.

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