Liabilities: General Issues

Description

This note is an introduction to liabilities. It defines a liability and distinguishes it from contingent liabilities and commitments. It explains how to recognize and measure liabilities in general. Finally, the notes focuses its attention on provisions (i.e., estimated liabilities) and illustrates their accounting with two common examples: warranty liabilities and restructuring liabilities. The note "Long-Term Debt and Bonds" can be used to complement this note.

Learning Objective

This note is an introduction to liabilities. It defines a liability and distinguishes it from contingent liabilities and commitments. It explains how to recognize and measure liabilities in general. Finally, the notes focuses its attention on provisions (i.e., estimated liabilities) and illustrates their accounting with two common examples: warranty liabilities and restructuring liabilities. The note "Long-Term Debt and Bonds" can be used to complement this note.

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• Introduction to Financial Accounting
• Introducción a la contabilidad financiera (IESE)
• The Balance Sheet
• El balance de situación
• The Income Statement
• The Statement of Cash Flows: Direct and Indirect Method
• Accounting for Inventories
• Accounts Receivable Valuation
• Noncurrent Assets
• Long-Term Debt and Bonds
• Shareholders' Equity
• Consolidation
• Consolidación
• Tax Accounting

Keywords

Accounting Financial accounting financial reporting Financial statements