What is contingent liability.

Answer Posted / k.sudhakar reddy

contingent means which may happen or not happen in future,
contingent liabilty means the liabity may be or may not be
be happen happen in the future event.the event will be
favoir for us then it will should not called as an
contingent liabilty but when the event will happen against
for us expectation then it should be called as "a liabily"
until the happen of future even we should treat the
contingent liabilty so we will be shown foot note of the
balance sheet.
The best example for this : a pending transation in a court

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