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minusvalia contable

English translation: depreciation / drop in value


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Spanish term or phrase:minusvalia contable
English translation:depreciation / drop in value
Entered by: Rafael Molina Pulgar
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12:28 Jul 23, 2009
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Spanish term or phrase: minusvalia contable
XXX debe tener el derecho a no vender el activo aunque sea a precio de mercado si le produjera una minusvalía contable (u otro límite superior p.e. coste + ....
Beatriz Candil Garcia
Local time: 20:56
depreciation / drop in value
Explanation:
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Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 13:56
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gracias
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2depreciation / drop in value
Rafael Molina Pulgar
5unrealized book loss
Richard Cadena
4 +1book losspatinba
4[booked] capital loss
argosys


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
depreciation / drop in value


Explanation:
suerte.

Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 13:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 68
Grading comment
gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  De Novi: en este caso - si!
25 mins
  -> Gracias, Zanne.
agree  Ruth Ramsey: Yes, I would go with depreciation.
58 mins
  -> Gracias, Ruth.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
book loss


Explanation:
What is a Book Profit? - [ Traducir esta página ]
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book - English-Spanish Dictionary - WordReference.com
book loss, pérdida contable ♦ LOC: figurado to be in sb's good/bad books, estar a buenas/malas con alguien familiar to throw the book at, ...
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patinba
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Local time: 15:56
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agree  philgoddard: or accounting loss
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
unrealized book loss


Explanation:
Reference:
Tom West's Dictionary
Minusvalía - unrealized loss

Hope this helps

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-07-23 15:22:35 GMT)
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An un realized loss is a loss that has occurred, but no transaction has yet to take place for the loss to be realized.


    Reference: http://aicpa.org
    Reference: http://imcp.org.mx
Richard Cadena
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2 days21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
[booked] capital loss


Explanation:
The opposite of plusvalia (capital gains). The term "contable" means "accounting", or in this context, "booked", but if it is understood, the adjective "booked" may be dispensed with.

Google references:

Bear Stearns [NotSoBreaking] - MarketTicker Forums
Guess what - its all back now; if I had bailed then, that would have been a real booked capital loss. If you're taking too much pain then you've put too ...
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Book value - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In accounting, book value or carrying value is the value of an asset according to ... When assets are sold, the fund records a capital gain or capital loss. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_value -

G.R. No. L-16021
After deducting the total book value of the assets and the incidental expenses ... Capital gains and losses. — (a) Definitions. — As used in this Title — ...
www.lawphil.net/judjuris/.../gr_l-16021_1962.html

book value: West's Encyclopedia of American Law (Full Article ...
When a stock is sold, the selling price less the book value is the capital gain (or loss) from the investment. Related Links: ...
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What You Need to Know Before You Invest: An Introduction to the ... -
Rod Davis - 2003 - Business & Economics - 322mga pahina
The "book value" is the total shareholders' equity divided by the number of shares ... In most cases, however, if the company has a book value close to its ...
books.google.com.ph/books?isbn=0764124935... -

Learn your ACBs to calculate capital losses
You must report any capital gain but you cannot claim a capital loss. ... Most people consider the "book value" amounts on statements from their financial ...
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argosys
Local time: 02:56
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Changes made by editors
Jul 30, 2009 - Changes made by Rafael Molina Pulgar:
Edited KOG entryBeatriz Candil Garcia's old entry - "minusvalia contable" => "depreciation / drop in value"


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