What is total debt?

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Hi all
Can I ask you guys :
what is is the definition of Capital? Is it Total debt + Owner’s Equity? Does this total debt include Accounts payable?
I had this question when I was attempting the Challenging Problems #59 from Schweser.
When calculating the debt/capital ratio, the debt figure excluded accounts payable while the capital figure included accounts payable.
Can someone explain this to me?
Thanks alot!
 
Total Debt: Long-term debt + interest-bearing short-term debt
In general, all interest-bearing debt. Not accounts payable, wages payable, taxes payable, and so on. And not lease obligations.
Not everybody agrees on this definition, but it’s what CFA Institute uses.
Total Capital: Total debt (see above) + shareholders’ equity
 
Total debt is including all items of liability side only excluding equity and non interest bearing debt.
 
edupristine wrote:Total debt is including all items of liability side only excluding equity.
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Not according to CFA Institute. Non-interest bearing liabilities (e.g., accounts payable, wages payable) are not included in total debt.
 
edupristine wrote:
Total debt is including all items of liability side only excluding equity.
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That’s false. That’s total liabilities, not total debt.
 
Now it is clear that total debt not including non- interest bearing debt, Mistake has been corrected.
 
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