INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING, W/CONNECT
INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING, W/CONNECT
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ISBN: 9781260681956
Author: SPICELAND
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.1Q
To determine

Balance sheet:

This financial statement reports a company’s resources (assets) and claims of creditors (liabilities) and stockholders (stockholders’ equity) over those resources. The resources of the company are assets which include money contributed by stockholders and creditors. Hence, the main elements of the balance sheet are assets, liabilities, and stockholders’ equity.

To determine: The purpose of the balance sheet.

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Following are the purposes of the balance sheet

  • Summarized information of assets and liabilities that are grouped and sub-grouped under different categories.
  • Balance sheet reveals the liquidity and solvency position of the company.
  • It analyses the future requirement of cash flows for the operations of the business.
  •  It acts as a information for investors for investment decision making.
  • Balance sheet provides the financial picture of the business by using accounting equation.

Assets=liabilities+owners'equity .

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