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''Financial reporting.''
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.
 
A contractual obligation either to:
*Deliver cash or another financial asset to another entity; or  
*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.
*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:  
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 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.  
*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.  
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Amortised cost]]
* [[Amortised cost]]
* [[Capital]]
* [[Capital instrument]]
* [[Capital market]]
* [[Derivative instrument]]
* [[Equity instrument]]
* [[Financial]]
* [[Financial asset]]
* [[Financial asset]]
* [[Financial instrument]]
* [[Financial instrument]]
* [[Derivative]]
* [[Financial markets]]
* [[IAS 32]]
* [[IAS 32]]
* [[Liabilities]]
* [[Liabilities]]
* [[Money market]]
* [[Primary market]]
* [[Secondary market]]


[[Category:Accounting_and_Reporting]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]

Latest revision as of 22:34, 11 March 2023

Financial reporting.

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