Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Managerial Chapters Plus MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText - Access Card Package (6th Edition)
Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Managerial Chapters Plus MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText - Access Card Package (6th Edition)
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Contingent Liabilities and Provisions
A contingent liability can be defined as a liability the occurrence of which is dependent upon the happening of an uncertain future event. It is generally recorded in the books only when the amount of liability can be reasonably estimated and the conting…
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Contingent liability:  It is a potential liability of a company that depends on a future event. The recording of contingent liability is based on the following likelihoods of the event occur in future:

  • Remote
  • Reasonably possible
  • Probable

To identify: The correct reporting place of contingent liability.

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Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Managerial Chapters Plus MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText - Access Card Package (6th Edition)

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