Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Financial Chapters (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134486840
Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11, Problem 6QC
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Liabilities: Liabilities are debt and obligations of a business. These are the claims against the resources that a business owes to outsiders of the company. Liabilities may be Current liabilities, and Long-term liabilities. Examples: Creditors, Bills payable, Bank overdraft, Salaries and wages payable, and Notes payable.
To identify: The correct reporting place of estimated amounts of known liabilities.
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Answer to Problem 6QC
(b) reported on the balance sheet .
Explanation of Solution
Explanation for correct answer: The estimated amounts of a transaction which is occurred in the past is called as known liabilities. Since they are liabilities, they must be reported on the balance sheet.
Explanation for incorrect answers:
- Option (a) is incorrect because known liabilities cannot be ignored, they should not be avoided.
- Option (c) is incorrect because on the income statement, only expenses and revenues should be reported, but not the liabilities.
- Option (d) is incorrect because notes to financial statements consist of additional data related to accounting methodologies of the income statement, balance sheet.
Conclusion
Hence, the correct answer option is (b).
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Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Financial Chapters (6th Edition)
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