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Contingent liabilities are not added to total liabilities but shown as a note to financial statements that these are the liabilities that are contingent on certain event

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What is the difference between contingent liability and off balance sheet liability?

There is no difference between Contingent Liability and Off Balance Sheet Liability.


What is journal entry for contingent liability?

the Journal entry for the above isRelated Expinditure DrContigent liability CR


Journal entry for contingent liability?

There is no journal entry for contingent liability because contingent means which is not occurred and not sure that when will that liability will be created or liability is depended on certain event that's why contingent liability is shown under financial statements notes as contingent liability.


How does contingent liability impact earnings?

Contingent liability can impact earnings because it is a projected and future liability. Not knowing what the outcome of the liability is, it can unexpectedly affect a large amount of earnings.


What is the differnent between a current liability for an uncertain amount and a contingent liability?

Under current liability of uncertain amount liability is created on company although actual amount is unknown but in contingent liability, liability is not created on company unless specific date or time or occurence of any contingent action or activity.


How do you record contingent liabilities?

A contingent liability is recorded in financial statements or books of accounts only if it is a probable contingency and if the liability amount can be estimated. No need to make a journal entryÊif the contingent liability is possible but not probable.Ê


Where contingent liability shown in balance sheet?

Contingent liability is not shown in balance sheet because the actual occurance or amount of liability is unknown until some specific future time or event that's why it is shown as note in notes to financial statement section.


Is contingent liability credit or debit?

Contingent liability is not shown in financial statments until it if considerably clear that liability will be happend and until that time it is shown as a note in notes to financial statement section.


Contingent liability is?

A potential liability that arises from a past transaction and is dependent on a future event.


Where we take contingent liability in balance sheet?

assets


Will Letter of credit be shown as contingent liabilities?

Yes, the letter of credit are to be shown as Contingent Liability. As the occurrence of this liability depends on the happening or non happening of uncertain future event.


What is difference between provision liability and continget liability?

A provision is when it's grater than 50% chance of happening where as a contingent is less than that. You show a provision on the accounts but not the contingent.

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