- It states FINANCIAL POSITION of the company.
- A balance sheet shows the FINANCIAL POSITION of a Company at a point in time.
- It reports at at specific Date
- Assets and Liabilities are stated at historical cost.
- Assets = Liabilities + Equity
- Owner Equity/Net worth – the amount that the owner has invested in the business
- Owner Equity = Assets – Liabilities
- Balance sheet denotes about the financial postion at a specific time, most cases it is the close of accounting period
What is Asset?
- Asset – anything of value owned
Balance Sheet Assets Structure
What is Liability?
- Liability – any debt or other financial obligation owed to someone else
Liabilities Structure
Ways to Segregate Balance Sheet Items:
Balance Sheet Structure:
Transactions affects Balance Sheets
Classification of ASSETS:
- Based on usage of time we can classify the assets into 3 categories, which is mentioned below:
State about CURRENT ASSETS:
Current assets are consumed, sold, or converted into cash:
- Either in one year or
- in the operating cycle, whichever is longer
We need to present CURRENT ASSETS in the order of liquidity
State about Non Current Assets
- Also termed as Non-Current Assets/Plant Assets
- Non current Assets are bifurcated into two:
- Intermediate assets – have a life greater than 1 year but less than 10 years
Ex:Machinery, equipment
- Fixed assets – have a life greater than 10 years
Ex:Vehicles,Land, buildings
- All intermediate assets are treated as long-term assets
Equity Consists of:
- Capital Stock:Shares issued at Par value or no par value
- Additional paid in Capital:Excess to amount paid over Par value
- Retained Earnings: Undistributed Earnings
A negative balance in the retained earnings account is referred DEFICIT
- Treasury Stock:It is shown as deduction from EQUITY
What is Liability?
- Any Debts that company owes to creditors
- Purchases made on Credit
- Debt issued to Public
Liabilities Classification:
State about current Liabilites?
State about Intermediate Liabilites:
- We can divide Non current Liabilites into two categories
(i)Intermediate Liabilites: Repayment of liability happened between 1 to 10 Years
(ii)Fixed Liabilites: Repayment happened above 10 years
State about CONTINGENT LIABILITES?
All these are uncertain
- Cheques\Bills discounted with bank
- Tax Disputes
- Legal issues
What is “TERM LIABILITIES”?
- Redeemable preference shares
- Debentures
- Term Loans and Public Deposits
Share Holder's Equity:
- Equity = Ownership Interest
- CONTRIBUTED CAPITAL also known as PAID-IN-CAPITAL
- RETAINED EARNINGS
What is the difference between CAPITAL STOCK & ADDITIONAL PAID IN STOCK
- Capital stock: Number of Shares x Par Value
- ADDITIONAL PAID – IN CAPITAL: Investment by share holders in excess of par value of capital stock
State the items that company need to disclose in notes?
- Summary of significant accounting policies
- Additional information to support summary totals
- Supplementary information required by the FASB\SEC to adhere to full disclosure principle.
- It provides financing without adding debt on a balance sheet
Limitations of Balance sheet
- Balance sheet accounts based on HISTORICAL COST., it doesn't denotes current market value
Difference between Secured Loan and Unsecured Loan