Chapter 9 (1) Flashcards
Amounts owed for inventory, goods, or services acquired in the normal course of business.
Accounts payable
A liability that has been incurred but has not yet been paid.
Accrued liability
A series of payments of equal amounts.
Annuity
Interest calculated on the principal plus previous amounts of interest.
Compound interest
An existing condition for which the outcome is not known but by which the company stands to gain.
Contingent asset
An existing condition for which the outcome is not known but depends on some future event.
Contingent liability
Accounts that will be satisfied within one year or the current operating cycle.
Current liability
The portion of a long-term liability that will be paid within one year.
Current maturities of long-term debt
A contra liability that represents interest deducted from a loan in advance.
Discount on notes payable
A contingent liability that is accrued and reflected on the balance sheet.
Estimated liability
Amount accumulated at a future time from a single payment or investment.
Future value of a single amount
The amount accumulated in the future when a series of payments is invested and accrues interest.
Future value of an annuity
Amounts owed that are represented by a formal contract.
Notes payable
The amount at a present time that is equivalent to a payment or an investment at a future time.
Present value of a single amount
The amount at a present time that is equivalent to a series of payments and interest in the future.
Present value of an annuity
Interest is calculated on the principal amount only.
Simple interest
An immediate amount should be preferred over an amount in the future.
Time value of money
- Omega Company is involved in two unrelated lawsuits, one as the plaintiff and one as the defendant. As a result of the two lawsuits, the company has a contingent asset and a contingent liability. How should Omega record these on its balance sheet?a. Omega should record the contingent liability and the contingent asset on the balance sheet by offsetting the liability against the asset. b. Omega must not record the contingent asset, but Omega must record the contingent liability on the balance sheet if the liability is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. c. Omega must record the contingent asset if the realization of the asset is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated, but Omega must not record the contingent liability on the balance sheet. d. Omega should record the contingent liability and the contingent asset separately on the balance sheet.
not d
- You want to buy a car costing $20,000 and make loan payments over five years at 10% interest per year. To solve for the amount of the payments, the $20,000 represents:a. a future value. b. a present value. c. the payment amount. d. an annuity.
a present value
- If you invest money for five years, which will be larger?a. the investments will be the same. b. it depends on how frequently compounding occurs. c. an investment that earns compound interest. d. an investment that earns simple interest.
an investment that earns compound interest.