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Q1) What Is The Difference Between Assets and Liabilities? Ans
Q1) What Is The Difference Between Assets and Liabilities? Ans
Ans: Assets are items that a company owns or has the right to use. These assets
carry a specific value and company can use them to pay a debt or any obligation.
Liabilities are an obligation for a business or an individual that they need to pay in
the future.
Difference
Assets Liabilities
(i) Items that a company owns or (i) Obligation that a business needs
has right to use. to pay in future.
(ii) They help in generating revenue (ii) These are the financial
for a company. obligations that a company
(iii) Two types: Fixed assets, Current needs to pay in future.
Assets. (iii) Two types: Current liabilities and
(iv) Examples: Building, Cash, non current liabilities.
Machinel, Account Receivable (iv) Example: Account payable,
Loans etc.
etc.
(v) Liabilties are always Non-
(v) Fixed assets are subject to
depreciable
depreciation. (vi) Assets results into outflow of
(vi) Assets results into inflow of cash cash and decrease cash balance.
and increase cash balance.