Estimated liabilities are a known obligation that is of an uncertain amount but that can be reasonable estimated. Common examples are employee benefits such as pensions‚ heath care and vacation pay‚ and warranties offered by a seller (Fundamental Accounting Principles‚ Chapter 11‚ Pg 437). When a firm sells products or renders services with a warranty‚ the firms has an obligation towards the customer when the warranty is honored. The warranty liability is an estimate of the obligations. Hence‚ a
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Current Liabilities Week 3 Assignment Beverly Clarkson November 23‚ 2014 Daniel Carraher RUNNING HEAD: CURRENT LIABILITIES Current Liabilities Current liabilities
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Classification of Assets: 1) Fixed Assets : A long term tangible assets held for business use and not expected to be converted to cash in the current or upcoming fiscal year such as manufacturing equipments also called plants. 2) Current Assets : Current assets are those assets which are held for sale or to be converted into cash after some time. 3) Contingent Assets: A contingent asset is one which comes into existence upon the happening of a certain event. If that event happens the asset becomes
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Current Liabilities and Contingencies Current assets are cash or other assets that can reasonably be expected to be converted into cash‚ sold‚ or consumed in operations within a single operation cycle or within a year if more than one cycle is completed each year. Current liabilities are obligations whose liquidation is reasonably expected to require use of existing resources properly classified as current assets‚ or the creation of other liabilities. Accounts Payable or trade accounts payable
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ASSETS & LIABILITIES Asset is an item of value owned by the company. Assets can be tangible i.e. those which have some physical existence or can be intangible i.e. which do not exist in physical form but can be held in the form of contracts or rights. Assets are usually grouped in order of liquidity (ease of conversion to cash) on the balance sheet. Cash is therefore the most liquid of all assets. Assets can be classified as: 1.) Current Assets – Those assets that are expected to be converted to
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mechandise sold Estimated premiums payable Deferred revenue Accrued interest on bonds payable Provision - deficiency income tax assessment TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 500‚000 50‚000 20‚000 64‚000 50‚000 200‚000 40‚000 80‚000 100‚000 90‚000 160‚000 120‚000 75‚000 87‚000 360‚000 200‚000 2‚500‚000 A Convertible bonds‚ due January 31‚ 2007 Noncurrent portion of serial bonds (P2‚000‚000 - P100‚000) TOTAL NONCURRENT LIABILITIES 1‚000‚000 1‚900‚000 2‚900‚000 B 5‚400‚000 C TOTAL LIABILITIES (Requirement
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Ch8 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Delta‚ Northwest‚ and United Airlines have all‚ at one time‚ filed for bankruptcy. True 2. In a classified balance sheet‚ we categorize all liabilities as current. True 3. False A line of credit is an informal agreement that permits a company to borrow up to a prearranged limit without having to follow formal loan procedures and paperwork. True 9. False We record interest expense in the period in
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Running Head: Strict Liability Torts Strict Liability Torts (Product Liability) Adil Elatillah LEG 300 Professor: Queen Meheux Spring 2012 Strayer University Strict Liability exists in the criminal context as well as civil‚ it is a legal responsibility for any damages and losses caused by a person or organization due to the act which is defined a fault in the criminal law term. Strict Liability‚ especially product liability is well known in tort law‚ of course criminal law and the
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5 Asset and Liability Management (ALM) 29. There are different organizational and governance models that guide the management of bank asset and liability activities. The models reflect fundamentally different risk philosophies that tend to evolve with the growing sophistication and depth of financial markets together with the position and activities undertaken by a bank in the market. The terms ‘ALM unit’ and ‘treasury unit’‚ can be confusing as they are often used by organizations who assign
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lawsuits and litigation from everyone suing everyone else‚ one must ask the question "where does product liability end and consumer responsibility begin?" This question has been further complicated by occurrences that stretch to the most far-reaching ends of this spectrum‚ the spectrum ranging from strict product liability of the company to complete consumer responsibility. On the strict product liability of the company side‚ we have the cigarette industry where the CEOs of the largest cigarette companies
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