debtor
Finance
(noun)
A person or firm that owes money, one in debt, or one who owes a debt.
Accounting
Business
(noun)
A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt
Examples of debtor in the following topics:
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Classifying Receivables
- Receivables can be classified as accounts receivables, trade debtors, bills receivable, and other receivables.
- The debtor is free to pay before the due date.
- On a company's balance sheet, receivables can be classified as accounts receivables or trade debtors, bills receivable, and other receivables (loans, settlement amounts due for non-current asset sales, rent receivables, term deposits).
- The Accounts Receivable Age Analysis Printout, also known as the Debtors Book is divided in categories for current, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 120 days, 150 days,180 days, and overdue.
- Distinguish between accounts receivable, trade debtors, bills receivables and other receivables
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Striking Agreements to Avoid Bankruptcy
- In general, creditors understand that bankruptcy is an option for debtors with excessive debt.
- Negotiation is a viable alternative if the debtor has sufficient income, or has assets that can be liquidated so the proceeds can be applied against the debt.
- Negotiation may also buy the debtor some time to rebuild finances.
- By consolidating debts, the debtor replaces payments to many different creditors with a payment to one creditor.
- This simplifies the debtor's obligations and can result in faster debt repayment.
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What Happens in Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy allows debtors to either reorganize and restructure debts or liquidate assets to be used to pay off creditors.
- In voluntary bankruptcy cases, which account for the overwhelming majority filed, debtors petition the bankruptcy court.
- In other words, as soon as a petition is filed, a debtor is entitled to all the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.
- Under Chapter 7, a trustee collects the non-exempt property of the debtor, sells it, and distributes the proceeds to the creditors.
- Chapter 12 generally has more generous terms for debtors than a comparable Chapter 13 case would have available.
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Identifying Varying Conditions
- Management uses policies and techniques for the management of working capital such as cash, inventory, debtors and short term financing.
- The policies aim at managing the current assets (generally cash and cash equivalents, inventories and debtors) and the short-term financing, such that cash flows and returns are acceptable.
- The inventory is ideally financed by credit granted by the supplier; however, it may be necessary to utilize a bank loan (or overdraft), or to "convert debtors to cash" through "factoring. "
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Distribution Effects of Inflation
- Unexpectedly high inflation tends to transfer wealth from creditors to debtors and from the rich to the poor.
- Since it benefits debtors and hurts creditors, in practice unexpected inflation is often a transfer of wealth from the rich to the poor .
- Debtors find themselves paying a lower real interest rate than expected, and stocks tend to rise in value to reflect the inflation level.
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Factoring Accounts Receivable
- ., the account debtor disputes the quality or quantity of the goods or services delivered by the factor's client).
- The reserve, the remainder of the purchase price held until the payment by the account debtor is made.
- The three parties directly involved are the one who sells the receivable, the debtor (the account debtor, or customer of the seller), and the factor.
- Accordingly, the factor obtains the right to receive the payments made by the debtor for the invoice amount and, in non-recourse factoring, must bear the loss if the account debtor does not pay the invoice amount due solely to his or its financial inability to pay.
- Counter party credit risk: risk covered debtors can be re-insured, which limit the risks of a factor.
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Activities to Manage Receivables
- Accounts receivable (or debtors) represent money owed to a business by its clients (customers).
- The amount of money owed at the end of each month varies (debtors).
- While the collection's department seeks the debtor, the cashiering team applies the monies received.
- The debtor is free to pay before the due date.
- The amount of the bad debt provision can be computed in two ways, either (1) by reviewing each individual debt and deciding whether it is doubtful (a specific provision) or (2) by providing for a fixed percentage (e.g. 2%) of total debtors (a general provision).
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The Five Cs of Credit
- How might a potential lender use information about a debtor's capital?
- Other relevant information includes already existing debts that a debtor may hold.
- Capital is the value of assets that a debtor currently holds.
- An additional, often cited "C" of credit, is credit history, which looks at the debtor's past uses of credit.
- Capital is the value of assets that a debtor currently holds.
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Components of a Note
- Doing so gives the debtor more time to pay.
- Occasionally, the notes receivable will include a personal guarantee by the owner of the debtor.
- A notes receivable normally requires the debtor to pay interest and extends for time periods of 30 days or longer.
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Annuities
- The third reason why banks like to make annuity loans is that it helps them monitor the financial health of the debtor.
- If the debtor starts missing payments, the bank knows right away that there is a problem, and they could potentially amend the loan to make it better for both parties.
- Similar advantages apply to the debtor.