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Determine the current liabilities.

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Accounts - Principles of Accounts JAMB 2018
Balance sheet (extract)
  N
Creditors 7,940
Prepaid expenses 290
Accrual expenses 323
Stock 4,500
Cash balances 4,956
Debtors 905

Use the information in the above table to answer the question.

Determine the current liabilities.

  • N8,553
  • N8,263 checkmark
  • N7,940
  • N1,228

The correct answer is: B

Explanation

In accounting, current liabilities are often understood as all liabilities of the business that are to be settled in cash within the fiscal year or the operating cycle of a given firm, whichever period is longer. example 

  • Accounts payable.
  • Salaries payable.
  • Short-term debt payable.
  • Short-term notes payable.
  • Current lease liability

From the table above, current liabilities = creditors + accruals expenses. Hence we have;

7,940+323= 8,263

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