Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company assets as well as an indication of cash flows that may come from receivables and inventories.

Liabilities represents obligations of a company arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow of economic benefits from the entity.

Alphabet Inc., consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity

US$ in millions

	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2019
Accounts payable	7,493)	5,128)	6,037)	5,589)	5,561)
Accrued compensation and benefits	15,140)	14,028)	13,889)	11,086)	8,495)
European Commission fines	9,525)	9,106)	9,799)	10,409)	9,405)
Accrued purchases of property and equipment	4,679)	3,019)	2,415)	2,197)	2,411)
Accrued customer liabilities	4,140)	3,619)	3,505)	3,118)	2,245)
Current operating lease liabilities	2,791)	2,477)	2,189)	1,694)	1,199)
Income taxes payable, net	2,748)	1,632)	—)	—)	—)
Current portion of long-term notes	1,000)	—)	—)	999)	—)
Current portion of future finance lease payments, net and other current debt	363)	298)	113)	101)	115)
Other accrued expenses and current liabilities	20,922)	17,715)	14,023)	11,598)	7,966)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	46,168)	37,866)	32,044)	30,116)	23,341)
Accrued revenue share	8,876)	8,370)	8,996)	7,500)	5,916)
Deferred revenue	4,137)	3,908)	3,288)	2,543)	1,908)
Current liabilities	81,814)	69,300)	64,254)	56,834)	45,221)
Long-term debt, excluding current portion	13,253)	14,701)	14,817)	13,932)	4,554)
Deferred revenue, non-current	911)	599)	535)	481)	358)
Income taxes payable, non-current	8,474)	9,258)	9,176)	8,849)	9,885)
Deferred income taxes	485)	514)	5,257)	3,561)	1,701)
Long-term operating lease liabilities	12,460)	12,501)	11,389)	11,146)	10,214)
Other long-term liabilities	1,616)	2,247)	2,205)	2,269)	2,534)
Long-term liabilities	37,199)	39,820)	43,379)	40,238)	29,246)
Total liabilities	119,013)	109,120)	107,633)	97,072)	74,467)
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share; no shares issued and outstanding	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Class A, Class B, and Class C stock and additional paid-in capital, $0.001 par value per share	76,534)	68,184)	61,774)	58,510)	50,552)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(4,402)	(7,603)	(1,623)	633)	(1,232)
Retained earnings	211,247)	195,563)	191,484)	163,401)	152,122)
Stockholders’ equity	283,379)	256,144)	251,635)	222,544)	201,442)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	402,392)	365,264)	359,268)	319,616)	275,909)

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31).

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Balance sheet item	Description	The company
Current liabilities	Total obligations incurred as part of normal operations that are expected to be paid during the following twelve months or within one business cycle, if longer.	Alphabet Inc. current liabilities increased from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.
Long-term liabilities	Amount of obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.	Alphabet Inc. long-term liabilities decreased from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.
Total liabilities	Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all liabilities that are recognized. Liabilities are probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations of an entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future.	Alphabet Inc. total liabilities increased from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.
Stockholders’ equity	Total of all stockholders’ equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which are attributable to the parent. The amount of the economic entity stockholders’ equity attributable to the parent excludes the amount of stockholders’ equity which is allocable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (noncontrolling interest, minority interest). This excludes temporary equity and is sometimes called permanent equity.	Alphabet Inc. stockholders’ equity increased from 2021 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2023.

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Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity