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Current Payables

<p>Current Payables contains a broad range of account types that are payable at some future date including Accounts Payable, Loans Payable &#38; Government Taxes Payable.

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Classify actual payables here. Classify probable or estimated future liabilities to Current Provisions.

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In accounting,&#160;<a href="http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/accruedexpense.asp" >accrued expenses</a>&#160;and provisions are separated by their respective degrees of certainty. All accrued expenses have already been incurred but are not yet paid for. Provisions are far less certain, but they are not completely uncertain. Companies elect to make provisions for future obligations where the specific amount or timing is unknown. Provisions act like a hedge against possible losses that would impact business operations.

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