A Certain Contingent Liability Was Evaluated at Year-End,and Considered to Have

question 28

True/False

A certain contingent liability was evaluated at year-end,and considered to have a remote possibility of becoming an actual liability.If the accountant decided NOT to report it on the balance sheet or in the notes to the financial statement,this could be considered unethical behaviour.

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