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KNOWLEDGE CHECK 9.

According to IFRS, what is the definition of a liability?

According to IFRS liabilities are obligations arising from past transactions or


economic events that require the sacrifice of economic resources to settle.

What is a current liability? Why might stakeholders want to know the amount of
current liabilities?

Current liabilities are obligations that will be satisfied in one year or one
operating cycle. Information about current obligations is important for assessing
the short-term liquidity of an entity.

Explain why amounts owing to employees should be considered a liability.

Amounts owing to employees are liabilities because they are the result of past
transactions (the employees worked) and the sacrifice of economic resources will
be required to settle them (the employees will have to be paid in cash).

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