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Commerce · Q287

Accounting

Graduate and Post Graduate · Commerce · question 287

Q287

Declared dividend should be classified in the balance sheet as a

A.
Provision
B.
Current liability
Answer
C.
Reserve
D.
Current asset

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Declared dividend should be classified in the balance sheet as a Current liability. Dividends payable are dividends that a company's board of directors has declared to be payable to its shareholders. Until such time as the company actually pays the shareholders, the cash amount of the dividend is recorded within a dividends payable account as a current liability.