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IAS 32 defines a financial liability as liability that is any of the following:  
IAS 32 defines a financial liability as liability that is any of the following:  


1. A contractual obligation either to:
1.1. Deliver cash or another financial asset to another entity; or
1.2. Exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially unfavourable to the reporting entity.


2. A contract that will or may be settled in the reporting entity's own equity instruments, and is either:  
'''1.''' A contractual obligation either to:
2.1. A non-derivative for which the entity is or may be obliged to deliver a variable number of the reporting entity's own equity instruments; or  
*Deliver cash or another financial asset to another entity; or
2.2. A derivative that will or may be settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the reporting entity's own equity instruments.  
*Exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially unfavourable to the reporting entity.
 
 
'''2.''' A contract that will or may be settled in the reporting entity's own equity instruments, and is either:  
*A non-derivative for which the entity is or may be obliged to deliver a variable number of the reporting entity's own equity instruments; or  
*A derivative that will or may be settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the reporting entity's own equity instruments.  
 


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[IAS 32]]
* [[IAS 32]]
* [[Liabilities]]
* [[Liabilities]]

Revision as of 16:05, 26 August 2013

IAS 32 defines a financial liability as liability that is any of the following:


1. A contractual obligation either to:

  • Deliver cash or another financial asset to another entity; or
  • Exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially unfavourable to the reporting entity.


2. A contract that will or may be settled in the reporting entity's own equity instruments, and is either:

  • A non-derivative for which the entity is or may be obliged to deliver a variable number of the reporting entity's own equity instruments; or
  • A derivative that will or may be settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the reporting entity's own equity instruments.


See also