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Advanced Financial Accounting AQ054-3-2: IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets
Advanced Financial Accounting AQ054-3-2: IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets
AQ054-3-2
Recognition/Accounting treatment
• An entity shall not recognise a contingent liability
but it should be disclosed in the financial
statements, unless the possibility of an outflow
of resources embodying economic benefits is
remote.
• The entity has to determine if an obligation is
probable or possible. This involves judgement.