Uncertainties such as natural disasters are:

A. Contingent liabilities because they are future events arising from past transactions or events.
B. Estimated liabilities because the amounts are uncertain.
C. Disclosed because of their usefulness to financial statements.
D. Reported in the same way as debt guarantees.
E. Not contingent liabilities because they are future events not arising from past transactions or events.


Answer: E

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