to write off a debt
51Developing countries' debt — is external debt incurred by the governments of Third World countries, generally in quantities beyond the governments political ability to repay. Unpayable debt is a term used to describe external debt when the interest on the debt exceeds what… …
52Bad debt — A bad debt is an amount that is written off by the business as a loss to the business and classified as an expense because the debt owed to the business is unable to be collected, and all reasonable efforts have been exhausted to collect the… …
53Charge-Off — A term describing an expense on a company s income statement. A charge off will fall under one of the following categories: 1. A debt that is deemed uncollectible by the reporting firm and is subsequently written off. This type will be classified …
54bad debt — see debt Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. bad debt I …
55bad debt — A debt that is written off and deemed uncollectible ( uncollectible account). Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * bad debt bad debt ➔ debt * * * When a business recognizes that a debt is unlikely to be repaid, the debt is written off as an… …
56Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 — The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act was introduced in Congress on September 25, 2007, and became law on December 20, 2007. This act offered relief to homeowners who would formerly owe taxes on forgiven mortgage debt after facing foreclosure …
57charge-off — ˈcharge off noun [countable] ACCOUNTING COMMERCE when you lose profit because money that is owed to you will not be repaid: • Charge offs for loan losses were only 0.7% of total loans, about half the average for regional banks. * * * charge off… …
58charge-off — Anything manifesting intent to eliminate an item from assets. Write off of asset or other item, e.g. uncollectible account receivable or debt. To treat as a loss or expense an amount originally recorded as an asset; usually the term is used when… …
59charge-off — Anything manifesting intent to eliminate an item from assets. Write off of asset or other item, e.g. uncollectible account receivable or debt. To treat as a loss or expense an amount originally recorded as an asset; usually the term is used when… …
60bad debt — An *accounts receivable balance whose collection is doubtful. Under most systems of *Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, an *allowance for bad debts is raised to acknowledge the reduced likelihood of recoverability of a customer balance.… …
