Debt is often discussed in negative terms, but debt isn’t just good or bad. It falls on a spectrum, and how you manage it plays a big role in how it impacts your finances.

When companies do business on credit, they have accounts payable and accounts receivable. They represent accrued revenues and debts that will eventually come due. But what happens when your accounts ...

Debt may get a bad rap, but the reality is, it's not all bad. Sure, the ideal financial situation may involve being totally debt free, but in certain instances and under certain circumstances, taking ...

Figuring out when to take out a loan, pay cash, use leverage, or pass when something isn't affordable. Unpacking good vs bad debt. Myth: you should always pay cash if you can. Fact: investors should ...

There’s a lot of talk about debt and whether it is good or bad. As a general rule, when discussing money matters or, really, anything in life, whenever superlatives are used, something is probably ...

2. A debtor-creditor relationship must exist at the time the debt arose. You have a loss if there was a promise to repay at the time the debt was created and you had the right to enforce it. If the ...

The Tax Court held that a corporation’s shareholder resolution canceled all shareholder loans and converted them to paid-in capital, removing the existence of any debts that could have supported the ...

The average interest rate on a bank credit card is currently 21.5%. That’s the highest level since the Federal Reserve started tracking the data in 1994, according to The Associated Press. Do you have ...

Disputing a debt can be smart in some cases, but the process can also get complicated. Here's what to know now.

A new rule will prohibit a certain type of bad debt from appearing on credit reports. The rule, announced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, prohibits unpaid medical bills from appearing on ...