Q1: What is the definition of a liability?
Q2: Where can we find the definition of a liability?
Q3: What is the ‘time-based’ trifecta which aspects of a business need to ‘win’ to meet the definition of a liability?
Q4: If an aspect of our firm meets the ‘time-based’ trifecta of being a liability, does this mean we will include this aspect of a liability in our firm’s accounts and financial statements? Why or why not?
Q5 (a): Go to Wesfarmer’s balance sheet (Wesfarmers 2019 Annual Report page 114). Using the ‘time-based’ trifecta, identify whether (and why) each of these items in its balance sheet is a liability:
- Interest-bearing loans and borrowings
- Income tax payable
- Provisions
- Derivatives
Q5 (d): Do Q5 (a) again for each item of liabilities in your firm’s balance sheet.
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Q6: Explain what the item ‘Liability for current tax’ means to you.
Q7: What would be the journal entries for creating a Liability for current tax (ie Income tax payable) for Wesfarmers of $222m?
Q8: Explain what the item ‘Deferred tax liabilities’ means to you.
Q9: What would be the journal entries for increasing a Deferred tax liability for Wesfarmers by $37m?
Q10: Explain how Ryman Healthcare has an Income tax expense of $3.4m (See Ryman Healthcare’s 2019 Annual Report – Consolidated income Statement, page 80) and yet it actually paid in cash no tax that year (see Ryman Healthcare’s 2019 Annual Report – Consolidated statement of cash flows, page 83). What would be the journal entries to record its Income tax expense?
Q11: Explain what a ‘provision’ (for example, a Provision for long service leave) means to you. In particular, if our firm has a ‘provision’ in its balance sheet, does this mean our firm has set aside (or ‘provided’) cash to meet this obligation of our firm when it needs to be paid for in the future? Why or why not?
Q12: What would be the journal entries to recognise an increase of $100 000 in our firm’s Provision for long service leave?
Q13: What makes a provision different to other liabilities?
Q14: What are the three types of contingent liabilities?
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