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Abm 4 Fabm2 Balance Sheet
Abm 4 Fabm2 Balance Sheet
The Balance Sheet, also called as Statement of Financial Position, shows what the business is
worth in terms of the properties it owns (assets), the debts it owes (liabilities), and the investment of the owners
(proprietorship). This report informs internal and external users of the financial condition of the business at a
given date, usually at the end of the accounting period.
Users of financial statements analyze the balance sheet to evaluate an entity’s liquidity, its financial
flexibility, and its ability to generate profits, and its solvency.
Liquidity refers to the availability of cash in the near future after taking account of the
financial commitments over this period.
Financial flexibility is the ability to take effective actions to alter the amounts and timings of
cash flows so that it can respond to unexpected needs and opportunities.
Solvency refers to the availability of cash over the longer term to meet financial commitments
as they fall due.
Classification
It is proper to present a classified balance sheet; that is, the assets and liabilities are separated
into various categories. Assets are sub-classified as current assets and non-current assets;
while liabilities as current liabilities and non-current liabilities.
To make accounting information useful to decision-makers, the items in the balance sheet may be
grouped and arranged in accordance with the following guidelines:
Assets are classified and presented in decreasing order of liquidity. Cash is the most liquid.
Assets that are least likely to be converted to cash are listed last.
Liabilities are generally classified and presented based on time of maturity
such that obligations which are currently due are listed first.
Note that although there is no prescribed format for the balance sheet, what is required is the current and
non-current distinction for assets and liabilities. Assets can be presented current then non-current, or vice versa.
Liabilities and equity can be presented current liabilities then non-current liabilities then equity, or vice versa
Assets
An entity shall classify an asset as current when:
a. it expects to realize the asset, or intends to sell or consume it,
in its normal operating cycle;
b. it holds the asset primarily for the purpose of trading;
c. it expects to realize the asset within twelve months after the end of the
reporting period;
d. the asset is cash or a cash equivalent unless it is restricted from being
exchanged or used to settle a liability for at least twelve months after
the end of the reporting period.
Current Assets
Any medium of exchange that a bank will accept for deposit at face value.
Cash
It includes coins, currency, checks, money orders, bank deposits, and drafts.
Short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts
Cash Equivalents
of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.
A written pledge that the customer will pay the business a fixed amount of money on
Notes Receivable
a certain date.
Claims against customers arising from sale of services or goods on credit. It offers less
Accounts Receivable
security than a promissory note
Assets which are (a) held for sale in the ordinary course of business;
(b) in the process of production for such sale; or
Inventories
(c) in the form of materials or supplies to be consumed in the production process
or in the rendering of services.
Expenses paid for by the business in advance. It is an asset because the business
avoids having to pay cash in the future for a specific expense. These include insurance
Prepaid Expenses
and rent. The prepaid items represent future economic benefits – assets – until the
time these start to contribute to the earning process; these, then, become expenses.
Non-Current Assets
Tangible assets that are held by an enterprise for use in the production or supply of
goods or services, or for rental to others, or for administrative purposes and which
Property, Plant, and
are expected to be used during more than one period. Included are such items as
Equipment
land, building, machinery and equipment, furniture and fixtures, motor vehicles and
equipment.
A contra asset account that contains the sum of the periodic depreciation charges.
Accumulated
The balance in this account is deducted from the cost of the related asset –
Depreciation
equipment or buildings – to obtain book value.
Identifiable, nonmonetary assets without physical substance held for use in the
production or supply of goods or services, for rental to others, or for administrative
Intangible Assets purposes.
These include goodwill, patents, copyrights, licenses, franchises, trademarks, brand
names, secret processes, subscription lists, and noncompetition agreements
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-term debt of the business entity for which the business entity has
pledged certain assets as security to the creditor. In the event that the debt
Mortgage Payable
payments are not made, the creditor can foreclose or cause the mortgaged
asset to be sold to enable the entity to settle the claim.
Business organizations often obtain substantial sums of money from lenders
to finance the acquisition of equipment and other needed assets. They
Bonds Payable obtain these funds by issuing bonds. The bond is a contract between the
issuer and the lender specifying the terms of repayment and the interest to
be charged
Owner’s Equity
Used to record the original and additional investments of the owner of the
business entity. It is increased by the amount of profit earned during the year or
Capital is decreased by a loss. Cash or other assets that the owner may withdraw from
the business ultimately reduce it. This account title bears the name of the
owner.
When the owner of a business entity withdraws cash or other assets, such are
Withdrawals recorded in the drawing or withdrawal account rather than directly reducing the
owner’s equity account
It is a temporary account used at the end of the accounting period to close
Income Summary income and expenses. This account shows the profit or loss for the period
before closing to the capital account