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APB is Accounting Principles Board or an Accounting Principles Board opinion (GAAP).

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NOTES PAYABLE are all note obligations, including bank and commercial paper. Does not include trade notes payable.

SUBSTANCE OVER FORM is an accounting concept where the entity is accounting for items according to their substance and economic reality and not merely their legal form. This concept is one of the key determinants of reliable information. For most transactions there will be no difference, so no issue arises. In some cases however, the two diverge and the choice of how to present the transactions can give very different results. This difference occurs when an asset or liability is not recognized in the accounts even though benefits or obligations may result from the transaction, or oppositely.

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