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  • Sep 29, 2007, 03:18 PM
    vkcadenhead
    What are creditor's claims on the assets of a company called?
    Net loss, expense or liability?
  • Sep 29, 2007, 07:10 PM
    CaptainForest
    Neither.

    It is a decrease to retained earnings.
  • Sep 30, 2007, 07:25 AM
    Lorsung23647
    That would be a liability. A liability is money that you owe to another company.

    Edit: Didn't realize CaptainForest was the accounting expert, I'm just going with what I read, maybe I read it differently.
  • Sep 30, 2007, 11:38 AM
    vkcadenhead
    Thank you!
  • Oct 1, 2007, 10:19 PM
    CaptainForest
    Either the question was changed or I read another question and then posted the answer here.

    But I could have sworn the question was what does a net loss decrease…an asset or liability.

    Which is why I answered the way I did.

    But as the question reads now, the answer is clearly a liability.
  • Oct 1, 2007, 10:35 PM
    CaptainForest
    Upon further reflection and analysis…I think I might have just severally misread the question.

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