What is a Balance Sheet? Why is it prepared?

What is a Balance Sheet? Why is it prepared?


Balance Sheet is a Statement showing financial position of the business on a particular date. It has two side one source of funds i.e Liabilities, the left side of the balance sheet and application of funds i.e assets, the right side of the balance sheet. It is prepared after preparing trading and profit and loss account and has balances of real and personal accounts grouped and arranged in a proper way as assets and liabilities. It is prepared to know the exact financial position of the business on the last date of the financial year.
List the type of items which appear under the liability side of a balance sheet….
Items which appear under the liability side of Balance Sheet are:…
What types of items appear under the assets side?
Items which appear under the assets side of Balance Sheet are:…
What are adjustment entries? Why are they passed?
Adjustment entries are the entries which are passed at the end of each accounting period to adjust the nominal..
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Balance sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the assets, liabilities, and capital of a business or other organization at a particular point in time, detailing the balance of income and expenditure over the preceding period.
Vinny 09-16-2015