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The current portion of long-term debt is usually broken out to an a liability account known as Current Portion-Long Term Debt. This is usually for a 12-month period. Using the amortization schedule for the loan, debit the long-term note account for the 12 month period of principal and credit the short-term liability account. Then when the payment is made, debit the principal to the short-term account and the interest to interest expense.
Current maturities of long term debt means that portion of debt which is payable in current fiscal year.
liabilities
Purpose to report is to show that how much portion of long term debt will be paid or payable in current accounting year that's why that portion became current liability and not long term liability.
be reclassified as a current liability
No. Only the current amount of interest due and/or accrued is shown as Interest Payable under Current Liabilities.
No, only the principal to be paid during that year. Interest is separated and classified as Interest Expense.
The current portion of long-term debt is classified with the ____
yes .it should be include both short term and long-term debt in its caliculation. yes .it should be include both short term and long-term debt in its caliculation. yes .it should be include both short term and long-term debt in its caliculation.
The current portion of long-term debt is usually broken out to an a liability account known as Current Portion-Long Term Debt. This is usually for a 12-month period. Using the amortization schedule for the loan, debit the long-term note account for the 12 month period of principal and credit the short-term liability account. Then when the payment is made, debit the principal to the short-term account and the interest to interest expense.
Current maturities of long term debt means that portion of debt which is payable in current fiscal year.
liabilities
The portion of payments due in the current period (1 yr) are considered the current portion of long term debt; the remainder would be considered long term debt, though this is difficult to justify, given that auto loans are consumer debt - that is debt that is not tax deductable. The portion of payments due in the current period (1 yr) are considered the current portion of long term debt; the remainder would be considered long term debt, though this is difficult to justify, given that auto loans are consumer debt - that is debt that is not tax deductable.
Purpose to report is to show that how much portion of long term debt will be paid or payable in current accounting year that's why that portion became current liability and not long term liability.
be reclassified as a current liability
Current maturity of long-term debt is the amount which is liable to pay in current fiscal year Example: Long-term loan payable in 10 years = 10000 Current portion of loan payable in current year = 1000 Remaining portion payable in next 9 year = 9000 is the long-term debt payable
Current portion of long term loan is classified as current liability and shown under current liability section of balance sheet.