Total Liabilities

Categories: Accounting

See: Balance Sheet.

Not just short-term liabilities; not just long-term liabilities. All of them. That's what matters here.

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Finance a la shmoop what is a consolidated balance sheet? okay people

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this is a tale of two balance sheets it was the best of times right here and all [Lemonade stand balance sheet appears]

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that cash no debt,, yeah and it was the worst of times and pretty much the

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opposite and then one magical mergy day the two companies possessing these

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two divergent balance sheets decided to you know merge it was a lovely ceremony [Bride and groom holding hands]

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the bride wore white the groom stepped on the glass so then the balance sheets

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were consolidated that is they were merged or combined or fully brought

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together liabilities plus liabilities assets plus assets so the few dollars in

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cash here in the worst of times balance sheet

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well that was tacked on to the cash in the best of times balance sheet and the

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same happened with long term liabilities and short and eventually after the

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wedding night was you know consummated these two balance sheets had merged and [Man and girl standing by their lemonade stands]

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consolidated and looked like this and that's what happens when companies merge

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everything including their balance sheets consolidate let's hope they

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generate lots of tiny cash flows and credits in the future....Mazel Tov

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