Presented below is the current liabilities section of Micro Corporation.     ($000)   000 2021 000 2020 Current liabilities      Notes payable $ 68,713 $  7,700  Accounts payable 179,496 101,379  Compensation to employees 60,312 31,649  Accrued liabilities 158,198 77,621  Income taxes payable 10,486 26,491  Current maturities of long-term debt $416,592 $416,649   Total current liabilities $493,797 $251,489 Instructions Answer the following questions. a.    What are the essential characteristics that make an item a liability? b.    How does one distinguish between a current liability and a long-term liability? c.    What are accrued liabilities? Give three examples of accrued liabilities that Micro might have. d.    What is the theoretically correct way to value liabilities? How are current liabilities usually valued? e.    Why are notes payable reported first in the current liabilities section? f.    What might be the items that comprise Micro’s liability for “Compensation to employees”?

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Presented below is the current liabilities section of Micro Corporation.

    ($000)
  000 2021 000 2020
Current liabilities    
 Notes payable
$ 68,713
$  7,700
 Accounts payable
179,496
101,379
 Compensation to employees
60,312
31,649
 Accrued liabilities
158,198
77,621
 Income taxes payable
10,486
26,491
 Current maturities of long-term debt
$416,592
$416,649
  Total current liabilities
$493,797
$251,489

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Answer the following questions.

a.    What are the essential characteristics that make an item a liability?

b.    How does one distinguish between a current liability and a long-term liability?

c.    What are accrued liabilities? Give three examples of accrued liabilities that Micro might have.

d.    What is the theoretically correct way to value liabilities? How are current liabilities usually valued?

e.    Why are notes payable reported first in the current liabilities section?

f.    What might be the items that comprise Micro’s liability for “Compensation to employees”?

 

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