Mastering the Chart of Accounts – Part 2: Balance Sheet Accounts: Assets, Liabilities, and Equity
The balance sheet is typically used to calculate the net worth of the business, and includes liabilities, cash, and equipment. A basic tenet of double-entry bookkeeping is that the total assets (what the company owns) should equal the liabilities plus equity, i.e. the books should balance. Subtracting the liabilities form the assets reveals the net worth of the business.
March 13, 2012
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