What are considered liabilities in accounting?
Andrew Campbell
Updated on January 04, 2026
Liabilities are any debts your company has, whether it’s bank loans, mortgages, unpaid bills, IOUs, or any other sum of money that you owe someone else. If you’ve promised to pay someone a sum of money in the future and haven’t paid them yet, that’s a liability.
How do you calculate liabilities?
How to Calculate Liabilities
- Add a company’s assets to calculate total assets.
- Add the items in the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet to calculate total stockholders’ equity.
- Subtract total stockholders’ equity from total assets to calculate total liabilities.
Which liability is not shown in balance sheet?
Contingent liabilities is not included in the total of Balance Sheet.
What are the 3 types of liabilities?
There are three primary types of liabilities: current, non-current, and contingent liabilities. Liabilities are legal obligations or debt.
Is net loss shown on Balance Sheet?
Net accumulated Loss is shown on the asset side in the balance sheet.
Which capital is not shown in Balance Sheet?
Reserve capital is part of the authorized capital of the company which is not called by the company.
Recorded on the right side of the balance sheet, liabilities include loans, accounts payable, mortgages, deferred revenues, bonds, warranties, and accrued expenses. In general, a liability is an obligation between one party and another not yet completed or paid for.
What will be the result of debiting an asset account with a normal debit balance?
Remember that debit means left side. In the accounting equation, assets appear on the left side of the equal sign. In the asset accounts, the account balances are normally on the left side or debit side of the account. Therefore, the debit balances in the asset accounts will be increased with a debit entry.