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Acct Sept. 12

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The Balance Sheet

Mr. Melkonian

one of most important things in accounting

is showing the financial position of a person or business

financial position is straight forward

3 steps
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list and total the things that you own

which have dollar values
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List and total your debts

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calculate the difference between

total assets and total liabilities
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any volunteers?

Assets = Things you have of value
Liability = Money you owe
Owner's Equity = How much you own after liabilities

Fundamental accounting equation

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(assets - Liabilities = owner's equity)

A - L =OE

We can also look at it this way

A =L + Oe
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The balance sheet

formal way presenting financial information
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A balance sheet is a statement showing the financial position of a person, business, or organization.

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Set up in the form

a =L + OE
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3 line heading used

Who, what, and when
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Assets generally listed in order of liquidity

liquidity is the order in which assets are are converted into cash

Liabilities listed in the order in which they are paid

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Financial details of any and all items listed

even things you wouldn't really think about such as mortgage
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Accounts receivable

debts of customers
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a debtor is anyone who owes money to the business

Accounts payable

money a business owes to suppliers
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preparing balance sheet

follow steps and you're good
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1.who, what, when heading

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2. assets at top left-side column, underlined

list in order of liquidity
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3. liabilities top right, underlined

order in which they will be paid
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4. owner's equity below liabilities, underlined

owner's name and the word 'Capital' beside it

5. COMPLETE THE BALANCE SHEET BY...

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ON FIRST FULLY OPEN LINE, 'TOTAL ASSETS' ON LEFT 'TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY' ON RIGHT. TWO TOTALS MUST BE THE SAME, SINGLE LIKE ABOVE AND DOUBLE LINE BELOW EACH OF THE TWO TOTALS!

6. DOLLAR SIGN PLACD WITH FIRST AMOUNT

IN EVERY COLUMN. ALSO FOR EACH SINGLE-RULED LINE.
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Abbreviate only when included in business name

melkonian company would not be melkonian co.
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using column paper

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commas, decimal points not used

you can write 12 -, instead of 12.00
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if a column is to be added/subtracted

single line drawn beneathe the column
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if the total is final total

double ruled line right under that
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Neatness is very important

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