Worksheet Details
CategoryBalance Sheet.
TopicAccrued vacation pay on balance sheet.
AuthorAlice Garran
PostedMon, Sep 16th 2019 07:33 AM
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How Are Liabilities Valued on a Balance Sheet Template? What is a liability, exactly, anyway? This is a list of ongoing debts that you are carrying. This may be a monthly real estate mortgage payment, money that you owe to vendors or even money you owe to your employees. You can even count loans that you have paid to your business from your personal finances. When measuring your liabilities, do not undervalue your liabilities. Liabilities should be included at amortized cost. This will be equal to the amount owed on them at that moment in time.
When valuing your assets, it’s best to err on the side of caution. This means that if equipment depreciates, you should list what it could currently be sold for. A general rule of thumb when ascertaining assets is to choose either what you paid for it, or its current fair market value. You should choose fair market value for any equipment or working capital that may be a few years old, because it will not be worth as much as you paid for it. On the other hand, if you are counting real property as an asset, you will want to choose what it is currently assessed at, rather than what you paid for it. Real property values can grow over time. If you pay tax on your real property, then you will want to use what it is being assessed as.