Current Liabilities The following are accounts commonly used in accounting information systems: 1. Accounts payable 2.Saaries payable 3.Common stock 4.Current portion of long-term debt 5.Unearned revenue 6.Notes payable (due in 60 days) 7.Taxes payable 8.Allowance for doubtful accounts 9.Notes payable (due in 2 years) Required: Identify whether each item would be classified on a balance sheet as a current liabiity, a long-term liability, or something else. Solution (1) Accounts Payable: Short term in nature of settlement, so Current Liability (2) Salaries Payable: Short term in nature of settlement, so Current Liability (3) Common Stock: Equity (4) Current Portion of long term debt: Short term in nature of settlement, so Current Liability (5) Unearned Revenue: It is a revenue earned for which service has not yet been paid (For example: For a magazine publisher, it can be annual subscription received at beginning of year. Revenue has been earned, but the magazine has not been delivered to the customer). This is a current liablity. (6) Notes Payable: Short term in nature of settlement, so Current Liability (7) Taxes Payable: Short term in nature of settlement, so Current Liability (8) Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: This is a Contra-Asset account - this amount gets deducted from accounts receivable (an asset) as an unrecoverable amount. A contra-asset account falls under current liabilities (Since accounts receivable is a current asset) (9) Notes Payable: Long term in nature of settlement, so Long term Liability Note: Short-term refers to settlement being in less than 1 year (Or 1 accounting period), long-term refers to settlement being more than 1 year (Or 1 accounting period). .