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Liability:
Liability is the obligation of the company. These are further classified as current and non-current liabilities wherein current liability is payable within a year and non-current liabilities have a maturity period of more than a year.
To identify: Whether C Co. should (a) record as liability, (b) disclosed in notes or (c) shouldn’t disclose in the given case.
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Liability:
Liability is the obligation of the company. These are further classified as current and non-current liabilities wherein current liability is payable within a year and non-current liabilities have a maturity period of more than a year.
To identify: Whether C Co. should (a) record as liability, (b) disclosed in notes or (c) shouldn’t disclose in the given case when damages cannot be estimated.
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