Payable to Company Founder

Jensen Inc. has a $500,000 note payable due to its founder, Jen Jensen. Ms. Jensen is recently deceased and has no heirs that Jensen Inc.'s executive team is aware of. The company has asked for your help to determine whether it is appropriate to derecognize the liability from its financial statements.

Required:

1. Respond to Jensen Inc. Describe the applicable guidance requirements, including excerpts as needed to support your response.

2. Next, explain how you located the relevant guidance, including the search method used and which section you searched within the appropriate topic.