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FLOATING ASSETS [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Accounting
DEF

Those assets that are either already cash or can reasonably be expected to become cash within one year from the date of the balance sheet.

OBS

Examples include debtors [trade accounts receivable] and stock-in-trade [inventory].

OBS

The alternative terms "circulating assets" and "floating assets" are now obsolete.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité générale
DEF

Ensemble des actifs qui sont absorbés ou transformés au cours d'un même cycle d'exploitation, comprenant notamment les stocks, les créances, les placements à court terme et la trésorerie.

OBS

En plus des actifs à court terme, les actifs circulants comprennent les créances d'exploitation à plus d'un an, sauf les avances aux sociétés liées.

Key term(s)
  • actif circulant

Spanish

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