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  2. Contingent liability - Wikipedia

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    In accounting, contingent liabilities are liabilities that may be incurred by an entity depending on the outcome of an uncertain future event [1] such as the outcome of a pending lawsuit. These liabilities are not recorded in a company's accounts and shown in the balance sheet when both probable and reasonably estimable as 'contingency' or ...

  3. IAS 37 - Wikipedia

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    IAS 37 establishes the definition of a provision as a "liability of uncertain timing or amount", and requires that all the following conditions be fulfilled before a provision can be recognized: the entity currently has a liability as a result of a past event; an outflow of resources is likely to be needed to settle the liability; and

  4. Demand guarantee - Wikipedia

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    For example, SBLCs are issued as a contingent liability of the issuing banks and are issued in conjunction with a primary means of underwriting being considered. In effect, SBLCs operate as their name suggests: they are in a "stand-by" position in relation to primary means of repayment.

  5. Provision (accounting) - Wikipedia

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    The recording of the liability in the entity's balance sheet is matched to an appropriate expense account on the entity's income statement. In U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP), a provision is an expense. Thus, "Provision for Income Taxes" is an expense in U.S. GAAP but a liability in IFRS.

  6. Google Docs - Wikipedia

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    Google Docs is an online word processor and part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google. Google Docs is accessible via an internet browser as a web-based application and is also available as a mobile app on Android and iOS and as a desktop application on Google's ChromeOS .

  7. Actuarial reserves - Wikipedia

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    It is generally equal to the actuarial present value of the future cash flows of a contingent event. In the insurance context an actuarial reserve is the present value of the future cash flows of an insurance policy and the total liability of the insurer is the sum of the actuarial reserves for every individual policy.

  8. Liability (financial accounting) - Wikipedia

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    Examples of types of liabilities include: money owing on a loan, money owing on a mortgage, or an IOU. Liabilities of sectors of USA economy, 1945-2017, based on flow of funds statistics of the Federal Reserve System. Liabilities are debts and obligations of the business they represent as creditor's claim on business assets.

  9. Contingent payment sales - Wikipedia

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    In an effort to bridge the difference in positions, the two firms agreed upon including in the terms of the deal a contingent payment on the first anniversary of the transaction that would depend on General Mills’ share price.