Should Balance Sheet short term notes payable include interest

Question

Super simple example:

• You take a loan out in January of $50,000.
• $10,000 principal + $1,000 interest of the loan will be due back over the course of the 12 months ending the year

If you were making a balance sheet to reflect this, should short term notes payable include interest? I'm finding conflicting advice on this. In my head if I DON'T include interest, the balance sheet makes a lot of sense, it looks like this:

Cash   50,000        Short Term Notes Payable  10,000
                     Long Term Liabilities     40,000

It balances. If however, interest IS included, then how does the $1000 interest balance out? I.e., this is off balance below

Cash   50,000        Short Term Notes Payable  11,000
                     Long Term Liabilities     40,000

Answer 1

No -- future interest is not reflected on a balance sheet. You don't owe the interest yet. For example, you might pay off the loan principal early. Similarly, you don't include money you expect to receive from selling a product.

And as you point out in the question, there is nothing on the Assets side to balance it against.