Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more than 10 years working with financial planning, derivatives, equities, fixed income, project management, and analytics. In fixed-income ...

In accounting terms, a liability is an amount that you owe a creditor. Liabilities generally fall into two categories -- current and long-term. Current liabilities include debts you owe that you ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

If your business is considering a payment of earnings to your company's stockholders, you must declare a dividend payment amount per share of stock. Once a dividend is declared, a liability is ...