Consider the following worksheet with information extracted from a financial statement: 2020                        Assets                  Liabilities                     Equity Reported (P)            500 000                100 000                      400 000 You believe the firm has omitted a provision pertaining to a lawsuit. You assess this provision is valued at P50 000 and that it will be paid in the next six months. Using the worksheet approach and assuming a corporate tax rate of 30 percent, what would be the change to the total value of the liability account?

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Consider the following worksheet with information extracted from a financial statement:

2020                        Assets                  Liabilities                     Equity
Reported (P)            500 000                100 000                      400 000


You believe the firm has omitted a provision pertaining to a lawsuit. You assess this provision is valued at P50 000 and that it will be paid in the next six months. Using the worksheet approach and assuming a corporate tax rate of 30 percent, what would be the change to the total value of the liability account?

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