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REAL NOTES PAYABLE
EXCELLENCE rasa OABAGO oR
NOTES PAYABLE
KARIM G. ABITAGO, CPA
NOTES PAYABLE : ;
Notes payable are liabilities evidenced by a written document known as “promissory note”. A promissory note is an
unconditional promise in writing made by one person to another, signed by the maker, engaging to pay on demand or at a
fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to order or to bearer.
CLASSIFICATION & MEASUREMENT ¥
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For notes payable at amortized cost, the word “fair value", for initial measurement purposes, depends on Ws further Sub
Classification and summarized as follows:
INITIAL MEASUREMENT
interest Beating | << Face Value
Face Value, unless
SHORT TERM Non-interest | ———> giscounting is material is
Bearing should be measured at
Present Value
With reasonable
interest rate
> Face Value
With unreasonable Present Value
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Pere esto |e Present Value
Bearing _
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
(1) The intial and subsequent measurement of notes payable (please refer to the discussion above)
(2) For financial assets at amortized cost, the subsequent measurement can be determined through the use of
‘amortization table
(3) _ Interest expense for the year
+ For FVPL liabilities — interest expense is based on NOMINAL RATE
+, __ For FAC liabilities ~ interest expense is based on EFFECTIVE RATE
(4) Current and non-current portion of notes payable
Teor nor fle generally applies only for long-term notes payable with series of payments of principal For ong-
ieim notes payable with lump-sum payment of principal, the WHOLE carrying amount is classified ac curse
Vabilty if itis due currently (LONG-TERM DEBT CURRENTLY MATURING)
* For notes payable measured at face value ~ the payment within 12 months is classified as the current
portion,
* For notes payable measured at present value — the payment within 12 months less effective interest is
classified as the current portion
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
sieuteeucturing is a situation where the creditor, for economic or legal reasons related to the debtors fancial