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Long-term debt should be included in the current section of balance sheet if: 1- it matures next year. 2-it matures within the year?

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Date Posted: 2013/06/21
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2-it matures within the year

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Long term debts should be shown under current liabilities in the Balance Sheet if the long term liabilities are repayable within the period of12 months from the balance sheet date.

Payal Seth
by Payal Seth , Financial Analysis and Tax Processor , SKP e-solutions Pvt Ltd

Long-term debt should be included in the current section of balance sheet if it matures within the year (include the current portion of long term debt).

shehzad ahmad
by shehzad ahmad , Assistant Manager Finance & Accounts , RYK Mills Limited


2- It matures within the year.

Frank Avitia
by Frank Avitia , Managing Director , AIS Investment Services

In accounting, a current asset is an asset which can either be converted to cash or used to pay current liabilities within12 months.
So the answer to the question is - (2) Long-term debt should be included in the current section of balance sheet if it matures within the year.

Muhammad Afaq
by Muhammad Afaq , SENIOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT , United Eddy Company (United Yousef M. Naghi Group)

as long debt is going to be mature in current year, therefore it will be the part of current portion of the balance sheet that ie option2

Prince Ninan
by Prince Ninan , Audit Executive , Lewis & Pecker

Long term debt are those debts which becomes payable after one yr, so it should not be included in current liabilities.

 

قدرى abu taha
by قدرى abu taha , محاسب , حسن علام

within the year

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