JAMB - Accounts Principles Of Accounts (2018 - No. 61)

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.

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.

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
N7,940
N1,228

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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