(Nature of Liabilities) Presented below is the current liabilities section of Nizami Corporation

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 Nizami 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 Nizami’s liability for “Compensation to employees”?

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Current Liabilities ($000) 2003 2002 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 16,592 6,649 Total current liabilities $493,797 $251,489