Balance Sheet Accounting

Too often in business the balance sheet is neglected. The balance sheet  is one of three important informational statements for your business.  It is a report that will show you the value of your company.

The balance sheet has an important function at tax time. Here is a balance sheet review:

Balance Sheet Assets

The balance sheet assets area tells you and others what your business owns.  It includes:

• bank account and monies owed to your business
• inventory owned
• a summary of equipment, furniture, vehicles, and buildings owned

Balance Sheet Liabilities

The balance sheet liabilities area tells about what your business owes.  It includes:

• money owed to vendors and other companies
• money owed to the bank and others either line of credit or loans
• money owed for sales tax and payroll taxes

Balance Sheet Equity

The balance sheet equity area tells about what your business is worth.  It includes:

• details on what you, the owner, has put into or taken out of the business
• a running total of income earned by the company
• the net income earned in the current year

At year-end the balance sheet serves as proof to the entries for income and expense.

The balance sheet equation is Assets = Liabilities + Equity.

Each area of the balance sheet can be proven with backup papers.

• Bank statements prove checking, savings and loan balances at year-end.
• Unpaid invoices to your customers or bills from your vendors show outstanding monies due.
• Government year-end reporting proves what amounts are still owed in taxes.

This leaves the equity section, which includes net income earned in the current year.

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