doubtful debt
noun[C]
ukusadebtthat isunlikelyto bepaid:
Provision fordoubtfuldebtsiscalculatedondebtors’balancesaftereliminationofbaddebts.
Examplesofdoubtful debt
doubtful debt
When such a dispute occurs it is prudent to add this debt or portion thereof to thedoubtfuldebtreserve.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The first part will be adoubtfuldebtof about £650 million to £700 million.
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The revenue cannot stop trading with someone it regards as being adoubtfuldebtin the way that a trader can.
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Banks are entitled to a tax deduction for the proportion ofdoubtfuldebtwhich is estimated to be irrecoverable.
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But he went on to say that, of this total, £650 million to £700 million were (and these were his words) "a verydoubtfuldebt".
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Tax law allows relief fordoubtfuldebtup to the amount estimated to be bad.
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Relief remains available for bad anddoubtfuldebt.
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The remission therefore of the outstanding tax balance affects in their case something which would to a certain extent—to an incalculable extent—be adoubtfuldebtin the future.
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Provision for bad and doubtful debts are maintained.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The second largest is doubtful debts being written down in the 1974 account.
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