Financial Statements:
Financial statements are the accounting reports of any organization that are prepared with a purpose to disclose its past performance and also the assets and liabilities of the company along with the finances. These statements are prepared either on an annual basis or on a quarterly basis.
Balance sheet is one of the financial statements of the company which represents the financial health of the organization for a particular point of time. It exhibits all the assets and liabilities of the company and it stands to be true only at a particular point in time because each and every transaction that a company makes has some or the other effect on the assets and the liabilities of the firm. The formula of the balance sheet is written as under:
To Identify:
The use of balance sheet to assess the health of a firm.
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