Chapter 5 Corporate Liquidation & Reorganization
Chapter 5 Corporate Liquidation & Reorganization
TRANSACTIONS
(Advanced Accounting 1)
LECTURE AID
Chapter 5
Corporate Liquidation and
Reorganization
Learning Objectives
• Describe the accounting for non-
going concern entities.
Equity VS Liability Insolvency
Liability Insolvency
Equity Insolvency
• Liabilities that
• Inability to make in
exceed the fair value
due course
of total assets
• Debt restructuring
• Liquidation
Corporate liquidation
• Liquidation – is the termination of business
operations or the winding up of affairs. It is a
process by which
1. The assets of the business are converted into cash,
2. The liabilities of the business are settled, and
3. Any remaining amount is distributed to the owners.
Roles
Trustee
Accountant
a. Continue
-concerned with
operating the
proper Creditor
debtor’s business
reporting of the -outside
if directed by the
financial creditors
court
condition of the appoint a
b. Realizes free trustee to
debtor and
assets of the manage the
adequate
debtor’s estate debtor’s state
accounting and
c. Pay cash to
reporting for
unsecured
the trustee.
creditors
Juridical person financially
distressed may apply for:
3. Free assets – these are assets that have not been pledged as security
of liabilities. These also include the excess of realizable values of assets
pledged to fully secured creditors over the realizable values of related
liabilities for which these assets have been pledged.
Statement of affairs (Continuation)
Liabilities in the statement of affairs are classified into the following:
1. Unsecured liabilities with priority – these are liabilities that,
although not secured by any asset, are mandated by law to be paid
first before any other unsecured liabilities. These liabilities include
the following: Administrative expenses, Unpaid employee salaries and
other benefits and Taxes and assessments
2. Fully secured creditors – these are liabilities secured by assets with
realizable values equal to or greater than the realizable values of
such liabilities.
3. Partially secured creditors – these are liabilities secured by assets
with realizable values less than the realizable values of such
liabilities.
4. Unsecured liabilities without priority – all other liabilities not
classifiable under (1), (2) or (3) above.
Sample format
Formula to remember