ABSTRACT

The current accounting practise of endorsed cheque in Turkey not give “true and fair picture” in financial reporting.

In this study, was questioned the reporting of endorsed cheque in the context of incurring a liability events. The endorsement lead the company to legal obligation in future. Because of this qualification of a endorsed cheque should be subject a provision practise in accounting.

The endorsement have three functions: 1)guaranty function, 2) recognation function and 3) ceding function. Because of the quaranty functions an endorsed cheque will incur a liability in the future. So endorsed cheque should be include the context of “incuuring a liability events”.