What types of contractual obligations must be disclosedin great detail in the notes to the balance sheet? Why doyou think these detailed provisions should be disclosed?

Q: What are the pro forma financial statements?

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Q: What is meant by contingent Liability? How is it shown in final accounts?

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Q: Who are some of the basic users of financial statements, and how do they use them?

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Q: Why are warranty liabilities usually recognized on the balance sheet as liabilities even when they…

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Q: Fundamental Assumptions are always required to be disclosed in the financial statements.

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Q: What is the general purpose of financial disclosures of financial statements?

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Q: Under IFRS it is greater than probability that an obligation is going to arise and the amount can be…

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Q: When are financial statements considered authorized for issue?

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Q: What are the benefits of pro forma financial statements?

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Q: In addition to the financial statement elements arrayed in the basic financial statements, what are…

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Q: Which fundamental characteristic of GAAP requires that all information useful for decision making is…

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Q: What assumption is made regarding the external users of financial statements?

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Q: What does the Relevance in the context of financial reporting means?

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Q: Why do you need to make necessary disclosures in financial statements?

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Q: 4. What is the specific citation that describes the disclosure requirements in the notes to the…

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Q: To what extent are you familiar with financial statements and their interrelationships? Explain

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Q: What guidance does the Codification provide concerning the format of accounting disclosures?

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Q: State the reason Fundamental Assumptions are always required to be disclosed in the financial…

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Q: What are financial obligations? How they can be overcome?

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Q: What does it mean to recognize an accountingtransaction?

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Q: Discuss, using practical example how to the presence of double entry principles affect the…

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Q: What is the relationship between provisions, onerous contracts, contingent liabilities and other…

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Q: Define what is an off-balance sheet activity? Also provide example of an off-balance sheet an…

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Q: What are the effects on creditors, including secured creditors during voluntary administration?…

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Q: Through financial reporting perspective, what are the liability three essential characteristics…

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Q: How to make observations about the content of notes to the financial statements?

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Q: Comment on the statement that materiality is in the eye of the beholder. How does this statement…

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Q: Identify the different types of liabilities, how judgment can affect liability recognition and…

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Q: What are the essential characteristics of liabilities for purposes of financial reporting?

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Q: How are the balance sheet and income statement affected by fair value accounting?

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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 contingency is likely to occur shortly.