POA Lecture 9
POA Lecture 9
Chapter 10 Liabilities
Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
1. Explain a current liability, and identify the major types of current
liabilities.
2. Describe the accounting for notes payable.
3. Explain the accounting for other current liabilities.
4. Identify the methods for the presentation of current liabilities.
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Preview of Chapter 10
Financial Accounting
IFRS Second Edition
Weygandt Kimmel Kieso
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Current Liabilities
Current liability
A debt that the company expects to pay within one
year or the operating cycle, whichever is longer.
Most companies pay current liabilities by using current
assets.
Notes Payable
Recorded obligation in the form of written notes.
Usually require the borrower to pay interest.
Issued for varying periods of time.
Those due for payment within one year of the statement
of financial position date are usually classified as current
liabilities.
Unearned Revenue
Revenues that are received before the company delivers goods
or provides services.
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Current Liabilities
Accrued liabilities
Accrued liabilities: are liabilities that have been
incurred but not yet paid
Tax payable: accrued income tax
Tax expense
Tax payable
Presentation
Current liabilities are presented after non-current
liabilities on the statement of financial position.
A common method of presenting current liabilities is to
list them by order of magnitude, with the largest ones
first.
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