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* The provision of services or  
* The provision of services or  
* Other yielding of economic benefits in the future.
* Other yielding of economic benefits in the future.


Examples include overdrafts, trade payables, accruals and provisions.
Examples include overdrafts, trade payables, accruals and provisions.
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* [[Credit balance]]
* [[Credit balance]]
* [[Disaggregation]]
* [[Disaggregation]]
* [[Discharge]]
* [[Equity]]
* [[Equity]]
* [[Exemption clause]]
* [[Exemption clause]]

Revision as of 17:05, 2 October 2022

1. Financial reporting - balance sheet.

In financial reporting, liabilities are 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, 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