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Concept Introduction:
Contingent liabilities:
Contingent liabilities may be defined as the liabilities which arise out of occurrence or non-occurrence of uncertain future event e.g. lawsuit filed against the company, guarantees made by the company etc. In order to be recorded as a liability in the books, the future event should be probable and a reliable estimate of the liability should be made. When the event is probable but estimate of the liability cannot be made with certainty and if the event is reasonable possible, they should be reported in the notes to financial statements as
Requirement 1:
The accounting treatment to be followed in the given situation
Concept Introduction:
Contingent liabilities:
Contingent liabilities may be defined as the liabilities which arise out of occurrence or non-occurrence of uncertain future event e.g. lawsuit filed against the company, guarantees made by the company etc. In order to be recorded as a liability in the books, the future event should be probable and a reliable estimate of the liability should be made. When the event is probable but estimate of the liability cannot be made with certainty and if the event is reasonable possible, they should be reported in the notes to financial statements as contingent liability. When the occurrence of the event is remote, no disclosure is required to be made.
Requirement 2:
The accounting treatment to be followed in the given situation

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