Liabilities

Meaning Creditors are individuals or companies to whom you owe money for goods or services purchased on credit. A group of such individuals or entities is called Sundry Creditors. They may also be referred to as accounts payable or trade payables. Sundry means “various” or “several”. In the world of business, it refers to many […]

Liability – Accounting Definition In a business scenario, a liability is an obligation payable to a third party. It may or may not be a legal obligation and arises from transactions and events that occurred in the past. It is usually payable to an external party (e.g. lenders, long-term loans). There are mainly three types of […]

Liability A liability is an obligation payable by a business to either internal (e.g. owner) or an external party (e.g. lenders). There are mainly four types of liabilities in a business; current liabilities, non-current liabilities, contingent liabilities & capital. A liability may be part of a past transaction done by the firm, e.g. purchase of […]

Current Liabilities Obligations of a company which are payable within a year or an accounting cycle of a business are called current liabilities. They are either settled by current assets or by the introduction of new short-term liabilities. Examples include Overdraft, Creditors, Short-term loans, Outstanding Expenses, etc. They are shown on the Liabilities side of the balance sheet. They play […]

Contingent Liabilities The word contingent or contingency means “possible, but not certain to occur”. So, according to the definition, contingent liabilities are those liabilities that may or may not be incurred by a business depending on the outcome of a future event. The existence of this kind of liability is completely dependent on the occurrence of a […]

Amortization Reduction in the value of an intangible asset by prorating its cost over a period of time (generally in multiple accounting periods) is called Amortization. Point worth remembering is that it can only be done for intangible assets such as copyrights, patents, trademarks, goodwill, etc. It is used for writing-off intangible assets whereas depreciation is […]

Internal and External Liabilities Liabilities are obligations a business owes to external or internal parties. As per the accounting equation liabilities are equal to the difference between assets and capital. For example, if Business A sells goods to Business B on credit, the amount owed by B to A is treated as a liability. Internal […]