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1. ''Financial reporting''.  
1. ''Financial reporting - balance sheet''.  
Amounts or obligations of a reporting entity arising from past transactions or events, the settlement of which may result in the transfer or use of assets, the provision of services or other yielding of economic benefits in the future.
 
In financial reporting, liabilities are present amounts or present obligations of a reporting entity arising from past transactions or events, the settlement of which may result in:
 
* The transfer or use of assets, for example payments of money
* The provision of services or  
* Other yielding of economic benefits in the future.
 
 
Examples include overdrafts, trade payables, accruals and provisions.
 
 
Liabilities are represented in the balance sheet by credit balances.
 
 
2. ''Lending - borrowing.''
 
More generally, liabilities are any obligations or amounts owed to others (whether or not they are obligations of a financial reporting entity).


2. More generally, obligations or amounts owed to others (whether or not they are obligations of a financial reporting entity).


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Accrual]]
* [[Assets]]
* [[Assets]]
* [[Balance]]
* [[Balance sheet]]
* [[Balance sheet]]
* [[Capital]]
* [[Capital]]
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* [[Credit balance]]
* [[Credit balance]]
* [[Disaggregation]]
* [[Disaggregation]]
* [[Discharge]]
* [[Equity]]
* [[Exemption clause]]
* [[Exemption clause]]
* [[Fair value]]
* [[Fair value]]
* [[Financial liability]]
* [[Financial liability]]
* [[Gap]]
* [[Financial reporting]]
* [[Indemnity clause]]
* [[Indemnity clause]]
* [[Interest gap]]
* [[Liabilities and equity]]
* [[Mismatch]]
* [[Mismatch]]
* [[Net assets]]
* [[Net assets]]
* [[Off-balance sheet finance]]
* [[Net worth]]
* [[Off balance sheet finance]]
* [[Offset]]
* [[Offset]]
* [[Overdraft]]
* [[Provision]]
* [[Provision]]
* [[Reporting entity]]
* [[Trade payables]]
* [[Wealth]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]

Latest revision as of 09:44, 26 January 2023

1. Financial reporting - balance sheet.

In financial reporting, liabilities are present amounts or present obligations of a reporting entity arising from past transactions or events, the settlement of which may result in:

  • The transfer or use of assets, for example payments of money
  • The provision of services or
  • Other yielding of economic benefits in the future.


Examples include overdrafts, trade payables, accruals and provisions.


Liabilities are represented in the balance sheet by credit balances.


2. Lending - borrowing.

More generally, liabilities are any obligations or amounts owed to others (whether or not they are obligations of a financial reporting entity).


See also