Advanced Financial Accounting
Advanced Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259916977
Author: Christensen, Theodore E., COTTRELL, David M., Budd, Cassy
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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What are the nonjudicial actions available to a financially distressed company? What judicial actions are available?

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Introduction : Bankruptcy is the final step for a financially distressed business. Prior to that, management usually tries to work closely with the company’s creditors to provide for their claims while attempting to ensure the firm’s continuing experience. Various non-judicial arrangements with creditors are available. If these fail, the company usually ends up with a judicial action under the direction of a bankruptcy court.

The non-judicial actions available to a financially distressed company as well as judicial actions also.

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Non − judicial actions − These are the formal agreements between the company and its creditors which are legally required but are not administered by a court.

Judicial actions − Bankruptcy is a judicial action administered by bankruptcy judges and bankruptcy courts using the guidance provided in the Title 11 of the U.S Bankruptcy Code. This bankruptcy code provides the essential structure for bankruptcy proceedings but periodically, U.S Court has amended it.

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Non-judicial actions are as follows −

  1. Debt Restructuring Arrangements − These are arrangements between a debtor company and one or more of its creditors in temporary financial difficulty. The debtor may ask for an extension of due dates of its debt, ask for a decrease of the interest rate on the debt, or ask for a modification of other terms of the debt contract. Many banks prefer to continue to work with a customer who is in temporary financially difficulty rather than force it into bankruptcy.
  2. Another form of debt restructuring arrangement is the composition agreement. In this case, creditors agree to accept less than the face amount of their claims. The advantage to the creditors is that they receive an immediate cash payment and usually negotiate the timing of the remaining cash payments. Although the creditors receive less than the full amount, they are assured of receiving most of their receivables.

  3. Creditors Committee Management − Under creditor’s committee management, the creditors may have the same opinion to help the debtor in managing the most efficient payment of its claims. Most creditors’ committees give advice and closely counsel the debtor because the creditors do not want to assume additional liabilities and troubles of the debtor’s actual operation. Forming a creditors committee is a non-judicial action usually initiated with a plan of settlement proposed by the debtor.
  4. Transfer of Assets − Some debtors in financial difficulty may transfer assets such as receivables or other financial assets in order to obtain quick cash. For example, debtors that need cash may issue their trade receivables at a discount and the contract may specify that the receivables be sold with recourse or without recourse.

Judicial actions are as follows -

    Bankruptcy - It is a judicial action administered by bankruptcy judges and bankruptcy courts using the guidance provided in the Title 11 of the U.S Bankruptcy Code. This bankruptcy code provides the essential structure for bankruptcy proceedings but periodically, U.S Court has amended it.

    The bankruptcy code is composed of eight chapters. Chapter 1, 3 and 5 present the definitions and operating provisions of the bankruptcy code, Chapters 7 and 11 deals with corporate bankruptcies. Chapter 9 covers municipal governments and Chapters 12 and 13 provide guidance for individual bankruptcies.

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