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Balance Sheet
The balance sheet is one of the four main financial statements. It is also known as the
statement of financial position.
The balance sheet reports a corporation's assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity as of a
moment or point in time.
The balance sheet...

- is one of the main financial statements
- reports a corporation's assets, liabilit ies, and stockholders' equity as
of a moment in time
- is also known as the statement of financial position.
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The outline of a balance sheet is similar to the accounting equatio n and it must always be in
bala nce. For a corporatio n the main classifications of the balance sheet are:
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Assets Liabilities + Stockholders' Equity
For a sole proprietorship the balance sheet's main classifications are:

Assets = Liabilities + Owner's Equity
Similar to the accounting equation, a corporation's balance sheet must

always be in balance:
Assets =Liabilities + Stockholders' Equity
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The balance sheet is the only one of the five main financial statements that reports amounts as of
a moment or point in time. The income statement, statement of comprehensive income, statement
of cash flows, and statement of stockholders' equity all report amounts for a period of time.
Income Statement for the Year 2016 Balance Sheet

Balance Sheet
as of as of
Dec.31,2015 Statement of Comprehensive Income Dec.31, 2016
for the Year 2016
Statement of Cash Flows for the Year 2016
Statement of Stockholders' Equity

for the Year 2016
The bala nce sheet must be prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles
(referred to as GAAP or US GAAP). These include very complex, detaile d rules and also
some basic underlying principles, guidelines, and concepts such as the cost principle,
matching princip le, fu ll disclosure principle, going concern assumption, conservatism,
materiality, objectivity, and others.
The balance sheet amounts must reflect the following basic principles
(plus others):
cost going concern
matching conservatism
full disclosure materiality
The cost principle means that only the business transactions with a cost that accountants can
measure are recorded and reported on the balance sheet. For example, a company's
excellent reputation, innovative management, and highly respected brand names that were not
purchased will not be reported as assets on the balance sheet. (Yet these might be the
company's most valuable assets.)
The cost p r inc iple means some of a company's most valuable assets will
not appear on its balance sheet including the company's:
- Excellent reputation
- Innovative management and culture
- Highly respected brand names
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The cost principle a lso means that assets such as inventory, land, and buildings will be
reported at their cost (orlo wer) and will not be reported at their higher market values.
(However, some marketable investments will be reported at an amount greater than cost.)
Except for the reporting of certain investments, assets are not reported at
more than their cost.
The matching principle requires a company's financia l statements to follow the accrual
method of accoun t ing. (Under this method, the receipt or payment of cash does not
determine when assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses will be reported on the financia l
statements.)
Under the accrual method of accounting :

1. Revenues and an asset (accounts receivable ) will be reported when the revenues are
earned , instead of wa iting until the cash is received.
2. Expenses will be reported when the expenses occur. If an expense or a loss has not yet
been paid, a liability will also be reported.
The matching principle requires the accrual method of accounting- which

means:
1. A receivable will be reported as an asset when revenues are earned
but the company has not yet received the money.
2. A liability will be reported when an expense occurred but the
company has not yet made the payment.
The accrual method also requires that when a company receives money in advance of earning
it , the balance sheet must report a liability for the amount that is not yet earned . (When the
unearned amount becomes earned, the liability will be reduced and the income statement will
report the amount as revenues.)
Under the accrual method of accounting, a company's balance sheet will

report a liability for money received from customers in advance of the
company earning it .
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The accrual method of accounting also requires that a company's balance sheet report
prepaid expenses as assets until they are used up or have expired. When a prepaid amount
expiresit becomes an expense on the income statement.
For instance,if a company prepays $6,000 in December for a marketing event that will occur
in January, the $6,000 will be reported as an asset on the December balance sheet. In
January the $6,000 will be removed from the balance sheet and will be reported as an
expense on the January income statement.
Prepaid or unexpired costs are reported on the balance sheet as assets.

As those costs expire or are used up they will be reported as expenses on
G> the income statement.
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We have merely introduced two of the many accounting principles that will affect the balance
sheet. You can learn more about the accounting principles by using all of the materials
available from AccountingCoach.com
We will now move on to a discussion of the balance sheet's format and contents.
The heading of the balance sheet will include the company's name, the words "ba lance sheet"
and a date.
The date represents a moment or point in l ime such as the last instant in an accounting period.
We are accustomed to seeing balance sheets with dates such as December 31, March 31,
June 30, etc. However, a balance sheet can have any date. Here's an example of a heading:
ABC Corporation
Balance Sheet
August 31, 2016
After the heading the balance sheet will report the company's assets, liabilitie s, and
stockhold ers' equity. The amounts are based on past transactio ns and are to reflect all of the
accounting principles and procedures.
In addition to the information on the face of the bala nce sheet, the notes or footnotes to the
financia l statements are considered to be part of the balance sheet.
The major parts of the balance sheet are:

- Assets
- Liabilities
- Stockholders' equity
- Notes to the financial statements
Assets
Assets are a company's resources or things it owns. Assets are reported only if they have
been acquired through a transaction such as a sale, purchase, or donation, and have a future
value. Prepaid expenses are reported as assets.
Assets are the things the company owns. Assets are the resources that
were acquired in a past transaction which could be measured. Assets
have a future value and include prepaid expenses.
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Assets are usually presented on the balance sheet according to the following classifications:
1. Current assets
2 . Investments
3. Property, plant and equipment
4 . Other assets.
The asset classifications or categories are presented in the balance sheet

in this order:
- Current assets
- Investments
These three classifications are referred
- Property, plant, and equipment
to as noncurrent or long-term assets.
- Other assets
Current assets include cash and assets that will turn to cash within one year of the date
shown in the heading of the balance sheet. (Some industries allow for a slightly different
definition.)
Typically, the current assets are presented in the following order: cash and cash equivalents,
temporary investments, accounts receivable, inventory, supplies, and prepaid expenses. (The
order is roughly the way items are expected to turn to cash.)
The total amount of current assets is also displayed so that it can be compared to the total
amount of current liabilities.
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Here is the typical balance sheet presentation of current assets for a company with inventory:
Current a s s et s
Cash and cash equivalents
Temporary investments
Accounts receivable
Inventory
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Supplies
Q. Prepaid expenses
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Total current assets
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High lights of the items reported as current assets;
Cas h includes currency, coins, checking account balances , and checks received but not yet
deposited. (Cannot include checks dated in the future.)
Cash equ ivalents are highly liquid investments that had a maturity of three months or less
when they were purchased. Examples are money market funds, U.S. Treasury bills, a nd
commercial paper.
Temporary investments are short-term investments that are readily marketable securitie s
where the intentionis to sell within one year of the balance sheet date. It also includes
investments that will mature and turn to cash wit hin one year of the balance sheet date.
H ighlig hts of the items reported as c urrent as sets (continued);
Accounts receivable reports the amounts the corporatio n has a right to receive from its
customers as a result of credit sales . Any allowance for uncollectible amounts should be
deducted from the amount of accounts receivable .
Inventory or Inventories reports the cost of the goods that a company has purchased or
produced but has not yet sold. The cost that is reported is dependent on an assumed cost
flow such as FIFO, LIFO, or average. The details of the inventory are included in the notes to
the financial statements.
Highlights of the items reported as current assets (continued);
Supplies are items that will be consumed by the company. For example, when a company
has a significant amount of office supplies on hand, their cost is reported here.
Prepaid expenses are costs that have been paid but have not yet expired. As the costs
expire, the costs will be reported as expenses on the income statement. A common example
is the amount paid for the 6-month or 12-month insurance premiums. Since the insurance
premiums are paid in advance, they are reported as prepaid expenses until they expire. Other
examples include prepaid legal fees and prepaid marketing costs.
Investments is the first of the long-term asset classifications. It reports long-term investments
in certain stocks and bonds, real estate investments, property in the process of being sold , the
cash surrender value of lif e insurance policies owned by the company, assets restricted for a
lo ng-term purpose, etc.
Investments is the first of the long-term asset classifications.

Investments (if any) will be presented immediately after the current
assets.
Property, plant and equipment is the lo ng-term asset classification for reporting the land,
buildings, equipment, furnishing, automobiles . and other long-term tangible assets used in the
business. Many accountants refer to these assets as the company's fixed assets or as the
company's plant assets.
These assets are reported at amounts no greater than their cost even if their current market
values are greater.
Property, plant and equipment is the balance sheet section appearing

after long-term investments. In this section the long-term assets used in
the business are listed at their cost. Examples of the items are land,
buildings, equipment. furnishings. vehicles, etc.
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Except for land, the cost of a plant asset must be deprecia ted to expense over the asset's
useful life . The amount that has been deprec iated is reported as accumulated depreciation
andit is deducted from the costs reported under property, plant and equipment.
Also presented in the property, plant and equipment section is a deduction

GI for the accumulated depreciation that pertains to these assets.
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Other assets is usually the final long-term asset classification and could include deferred
charges such as debt issue costs pertaining to bonds, certain deferred income taxes, goodwill,
and others.
O ther assets is the final long-term asset category. Examples include

GI deferred charges that do not fit into the previous classifications.
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Here is a listing of the assets often reported on a balance sheet:
ABC Cofporntlon
Balanc<> Sheet
August 31, 2016
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash & cash equivale n
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Temporary investments
Accounts receivable
net lnvenlory
Suppl es
Prepaid Insurance
Investments ( ong-ten n)
Pro perty. p la nt a n d e quipment

l and & buildings
Fixtures & equipment
Less: Accum Dep<ecialion
Prop, p lan t & e q u i p - net
Other assets
TOTALASSETS
Liabilities
Liabilities can be viewed as claims against the company's assets and also as one of the
sources of the company's assets.
Liab ilities are presented on the balance sheet as follows:

1. Current liabilities
2. Long-term lia bilitie s including deferred income taxes.
Liabilities are the company's obligations- amounts the company owes.

Liabilities include customer deposits and deferred or unearned revenues.
The balance sheet classifications for liabilities include:

- Current liabilities
- Long-term or noncurrent liabilities
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Current liabilities are the ob ligatio ns that are payable within one year of the date shown in
the heading of the balance sheet. (Some industries allow for a slig htly different definition.) An
obligation is shown as a current or short-ter m liability only if it will require the use of a current
asset or will create another current lia bility. Current lia bilitie s include amounts received from
customers in advance of being earned.
Current liabilitie s are often listed in the following order:

1. The amounts of lo an principal payments that are due within one year of the balance
sheet date,
2. the amount of the accounts payable, and
3. the rema ining current liabilities.
The total amount of current liabilitie s is also displayed so thatit can be compared to the total
amount of current assets .
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Here is an example of the balance sheet presentation of current liabilities:
Current liabilities
Short-term notes payable
Current portion of long-term debt
Accounts payable
Income taxes payable
Accrued expenses
Deferred revenues
Total current liabilities
Highlights of the items reported as current liabilities:
Short-term notes payable are the amounts borrowed by a company that must be repaid in
less than one year.
Current portion of long-term debt is the principal amount that is coming due within one year
of the balance sheet date. Mortgage lo ans and vehicle loans are examples of long-term loans
that require principal payments to be made during the one-year period following the date of the
balance sheet.
Accounts payable represents the amounts owed to suppliers/vendors who have provided the
company with goods and servic es on credit. For example, a company has received the goods
and the supplier's related invoice, but the company has 30 days before ii must remit payment.
Highlights of the items reported as current liabilities (continued);
Income taxes payable is the amount of income taxes that must be remitted within one year of
the balance sheet date.
Accru ed expenses are the amounts owed for goods and servic es but the suppliers/vendors
have not yet billed the company. This will also include the amounts owed for employee related
wages and benefits that have occurred but have not yet been processed (if these are not
reported separately).
Unearned revenues or deferred revenues are the amounts received from customers in
advance of being earned. As the amounts become earned, this liability is reduced and the
income statement will report the earned amounts as revenues.
Long-term liabilities (or noncurrent liabilities) are the obligations that will not be due within one
year of the balance sheet date. These include thelo ng-term portion of a mortgage lo an, bonds
payable, deferred income taxes, liability for postretirement or postemplo yment benefits, and
other long-term liabilities.
Included near the end of the long-term liabilities there is often a line that reads "Commitments
and contingencie s (see Notes)". No amount is reported as it s purpose is to inform readers that
the notes to the financia l statements may contain information about potential liabilities.
Long-term liabilities include:

- Bonds payable
- Mortgage loans payable
- Postretirement benefits liability
- Deferred income taxes
GI - A reference regarding commitments and contingencies
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Highlights of the items reported as long-term or noncurrent liabilities:
Bonds payable are debt securities issued by a corporation. Bonds are formal promises to
pay interest (usually every six months) and the principal amount at the maturity date.
Mortgage loans payable is long-term debt that has real estate as collateral. Mortgage lo ans
often require monthly payments of interest and principal. The amount of principal that must be
paid within one year of the balance sheet date is reported as a current liability. The principal
amount that is not due wit hin one year of the balance sheet date is reported here.
Highlights of t he items reported as lo ng-term or noncurrent liabilities (continued):
Postretirement benefits l iability are obligations a company has agreed to pay to its retirees.
For example, if the company agreed to pay the retirees' health insurance cost for the
remainder of the retirees' lives, the cost of that benefit is reported here.
Deferred income taxes represent the income taxes that are not yet due even though they
were reported as income tax expense on the corporation's income statement. Often they are
associated with the difference in the timing of the depreciatio n expense on the tax return
versus the financia l statements.
Commitments and c o nt ingencies is often a line on the balance sheet that does not have an
amount listed. Its purpose is to refer the readers to the disclosures in the notes to the financial
statements.
Sto ck ho lders' Equity
Stockholders' equity (or owner's equity) is the difference between the total assets and the
total lia bilities. Stockholders' equity includes amounts received from issuing shares of stock and
also from the corporation's net income since the corporation began minus the dividends to
stockholders since the corporation began.
The notes to t he fin ancial statements also provid es additional information about the balance
sheet and the other financial statements.
Stockholders ' equ ity is the difference between the total assets and the
total liabilities for a corporation. (For a sole proprietorship it is named
owner's equity.) Stockholders' equity includes the amounts that were
received when shares of stock were issued plus the amount of earnings
minus dividends since the business began .
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Stockholders' equity (also known as shareholders' equity) consists of these components:

1. Paid-in capital or contributed capital
2. Treasury stock
3. Retained earnings
4. Accumulated other comprehensive income.
Paid-in capital is the amount received by the corporation when it originally issued shares of
it s stock. If preferred stock has been issued, the preferred amount is shown separately from
the common stock. If the stock has a par value, that amount is also shown separately.
Treasury stock is actually a reduction of stockholders' equity. The amount reported is usually
the cost of repurchasing it s shares of stock that have not been retired.
Retained earnin gs is the cumula tive amount of the corporation's earnings minus the
dividends it has declared since the corporatio n was formed .
Accum ulated other comprehensive income reports the amounts for it ems that are not
included in the corporation's earnings or retained earnings. Examples include the unrealized
gain on certain securities and foreign currency translation adjustments.
Stockholders' equity can be summarized as follows:
Stockholders' equity consists of four parts:

1. Paid-in capital- the amounts received by the corporation when it
issued new shares of stock
2. Treasury stock- a subtraction for the cost of the corporation's stock
that it repurchased but has not retired
3. Retained earnings- the corporation's earnings that have been
earned minus the dividends declared since the corporation began
4. Accumulated other comprehensive income- certain gains and
losses that were not included in the corporation's earnings and
retained earnings.
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Since the retained earnings portion of stockholders' equity is increased by the corporatio n's
earnin gs, much of the change occurring during the accounting period can be found on the
income statement.
Retained Income Statement for the Year 20 16 Retained

Earnings Earnings
as of as of
Dec.31,2015 D ividends for the Year 20 16 Dec.31,2016
Possibly other items
The change in retained earnings during the most recent accounting period is partially
explained by the corporation's income statement which reports its revenues, expenses, gains,
and lo sses.
Below is a more complete balance sheet:
A BC Corporation
Ba lance Sheet
August 31, 2016
ASSETS L IABIL ITIES
Current assets Current l iabilities
Cash & cash equiva lents Shortle rm debt
Temporary investments A= unts payable
Accounts receivable • Accrued lia bilities
net In ventory Income taxes payable
Suppl es Deferred revenues
Prepaid Insurance Total current liabi lities
Long -ter m debt
Investments ( ong
.t erm) Deferred income taxes
Other lo ng-termlia bili ties
Property, plant and equip ment Comm itments and contingenc es
Land & buildings Total liabi lities
Fixtures & equipment
Less:Accum Depreciation Stockho lders' equity
Prop, p lant & equip • net Paid·in capital
Less: Treasury stock
Retained earnings
Other assets AOCllm other compreh income
To tal stock h o lders' equ
it y
TOTAL ASSETS TOTAL L IAB & STKHLRS' EQUITY
In order for the balance sheet to be more useful, accountants should prepare comparative
balance sheets . Comparative balance sheets will report the amounts for two or three dates .
For example, the balance sheet for March 31, 20 16 will also report the amounts at December
31, 2015 and March 31, 2015. The balance sheet dated December 31, 2016 will als o report
the amounts at December 31, 2015 and 2014.
A comparative balance sheet provides the amounts for two or three dates.
This allows the person reading the balance sheet to compare the recent
amounts to those of an earlier date.
The balance sheet is used by lenders, investors, and suppliers to assess the corporation's
ability to meet its present and future obligations.
For example, the amount of the current assets is compared to the amount of current liabilities
to determine 1) the amount of working capital (current assets minus current liabilities), and 2)
the current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities).
The balance sheet also indicates the corporation's financial leverage, which is the total
liabilities in relationship to the stockholders' equity or total assets.
The balance sheet reveals a corporation's:

- Working capital: current assets minus current liabilit ies
- Current ratio: current assets divided by current liabilities
- Financial leverage: total liabilities compared to stockholders' equity,
and total liabilities compared to total assets.
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Book value
An asset's book value is the asset's cost minus the asset's accumulated depreciation up to the
date of the balance sheet. Depreciation was recorded in order to match the cost of the asset
to the revenues earned by using the asset. The asset's book value does llll1indicate the
current market value of the asset.
The book value of a corporation is the amount of its reported stockholders' equity. In other
words, it is the difference between the amounts reported as assets minus the amounts reported
as liabilities. Since some of the corporatio n's most valuable assets (reputation, brand names,
creative culture) are not reported as assets on the balance sheet, the amount of stockholders'
equity does not indic ate the current market value of the corporation.
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You can learn more about the balance sheet from the following resources available in
Accou n t ngCoach PRO, the members area of AccountingCoach.com:
- Video Seminar for Understanding Financial Statements
- Exams for Financia l Accounting
- Expla nation of Balance Sheet
- Quiz for the Balance Sheet
- Q & A for the Balance Sheet
Ba la nc e Sheet Quiz instructions
QUIZ INSTRUCTIONS
There are 20 questions and 20 poss ib le p o ints in t his qu iz.
Each question will have two or more possible options for you to choose from, and only one
correct answer. There will be a checkbox next to each answer. Select the best answer.
1. One should pick the ( !:8) best I D worst ) answer.
Balance Sheet Questions 1 - 5 of 20
QUIZ FOR BALANCE SHEET
1. The balance sheet reports amounts (select one)

(0 as of a moment I 0 for a period of time ).
2. The balance sheet is also known as the statement of

(0 financial position I 0 operations ).
3. A balance sheet is likely to report a retailer's merchandise inventory at its

( 0 cost I 0 selling prices ).
4. The liabilities reported on the balance sheet are likely to be more complete under the
(0 accrual I 0 cash ) method of accounting.
5. The valuable brand names that a company has developed over many years are likely to be
(0 excluded from I 0 included in ) the company's assets that are reported on its balance
sheet.
6.Under the accrual method of accounting, the amount of insurance premiums that have
been paid but have not yet expired should be reported as an ( D asset I D expense ).
7.Under the accrual method of accounting, the amount of insurance premiums that have been
received by an insurance company but have not yet been earned should be reported as
(0 a liability I 0 revenues ) on the insurance company's financial statements .
8.The balance sheet asset section Investments is a ( 0 current I 0 noncurrent )

category or classification.
9.The amount of accumulated depreciation included within the classification Property, Plant
and Equipment is ( 0 added to I 0 deducted from ) the costs of the plant assets.
10. The cost of the land on which a company's warehouse is built should be depreciated .
0 a. true
D b. false
11.The balance in a company's general ledger account Deferred Revenues should be

reported on its balance sheet as ( D an asset I D a liability ).
12.The principal balance, which a company owes on a mortgage loan requiring monthly
payments of interest and principal for the next 11 years, will be reported
D a. as a long-term lia bility only
D b. partly as a current liability and partly as a long-term lia bility
13.Stockholders' equity includes the amounts received from issuing bonds.

D a. true
D b. false
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14.Part of the change in retained earnings is explained by the income statement.

0 a. true
0 b. false
15.Accumulated other comprehensive income is a component of the stockholders' equity

reported on the balance sheet.
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0 b. false
16.A ba lance sheet which reports the amounts for August 31, 2016 and also for August 31,
2015 is known as a ( 0 comparative I 0 multip le step ) balance sheet.
17. The total amount of current assets minus the total amount of current liabilit ies is
(0 owner's equity I 0 working capital ).
18.The current ratio is the total amount of current assets divided by the total amount of
(0 assets I 0 current liabilities ).
19.Financia l leverage is the amount of ( 0 current liabilities I 0 total liabilities )

compared to the amount of total assets or total stockholders' equity.
20.The total amount of stockholders' equity that is reported on the balance sheet is usually
equal to the corporation's market value.
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B a lance Sheet Answers 1 - 5 of 20
Here are the correct answers to the Balance Sheet Quiz
1. The balance sheet reports amounts (select one)

( !81as of a moment I D for a period of time ).
2. The balance sheet is also known as the statement of

( !81financial position I 0 operations ).
3. A balance sheet is likely to report a retailer's merchandise inventory at its

( !81cost I 0 selling prices ).
4. The liabilities reported on the balance sheet are likely to be more complete under the
( !81accrua l I D cash ) method of accounting.
5. The valuable brand names that a company has developed over many years are likely to be
( !81excluded from I 0 included in ) the company's assets that are reported on its balance
sheet.
Ba la nc e Sh e et Answers 6 - 10 of 20
6.Under the accrual method of accounting, the amount of insurance premiums that have
been paid but have not yet expired should be reported as an ( t8l asset I D expense ).
7.Under the accrual method of accounting, the amount of insurance premiums that have been
received by an insurance company but have not yet been earned should be reported as
( t8l a l iability I 0 revenues ) on the insurance company's financial statements.
8.The bala nce sheet asset section Investments is a ( 0 current I t8l noncurrent)
category or classification.
9.The amount of accumulated depreciation included within the classification Property, Plant
and Equipment is ( 0 added to I t&1deducted from) the costs of the plant assets.
10. The cost of the land on which a company's warehouse is built should be depreciated .
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t&1b. false
Balance Sheet Answers 11 - 13 of 20
11.The balance in a company's general ledger account Deferred Revenues should be

reported on its balance sheet as ( D an asset I !&! a l iability).
12.The principal balance, which a company owes on a mortgage loan requiring monthly
payments of interest and principal for the next 11 years, will be reported
D a. as a long-term lia bility only
b . partly as a current liability and partly as a long-term liability
13. Stockholders' equity includes the amounts received from issuing bonds .
D a. true
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14.Part of the change in retained earnings is explained by the income statement.

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15.Accumulated other comprehensive income is a component of the stockholders' equity

reported on the balance sheet.
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16.A ba lance sheet which reports the amounts for August 31, 2016 and also for August 31,
2015 is known as a ( !:8Jcom parative I 0
multip le step ) balance sheet.
17. The total amount of current assets minus the total amount of current liabilit ies is
(0 owner's equit y I !:8lworking cap ital).
18. The current ratio is the total amount of current assets divided by the total amount of
(0 assets I @ current liabilities).
19. Financia l leverage is the amount of ( 0 current liabilities I [&1total liabilities )

compared to the amount of total assets or total stockholders' equity.
20. The total amount of stockhold ers' equity that is reported on the balance sheet is usually
equal to the corporation's market value.
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The balance sheet...

For a sole proprietorship the balance sheet's main classifications are:

Similar to the accounting equation, a corporation's balance sheet must

Income Statement for the Year 2016 Balance Sheet

Statement of Cash Flows for the Year 2016

Statement of Stockholders' Equity

Under the accrual method of accounting :

The matching principle requires the accrual method of accounting- which

Under the accrual method of accounting, a company's balance sheet will

Prepaid or unexpired costs are reported on the balance sheet as assets.

The major parts of the balance sheet are:

The asset classifications or categories are presented in the balance sheet

High lights of the items reported as current assets;

H ighlig hts of the items reported as c urrent as sets (continued);

Highlights of the items reported as current assets (continued);

Investments is the first of the long-term asset classifications.

Property, plant and equipment is the balance sheet section appearing

Also presented in the property, plant and equipment section is a deduction

O ther assets is the final long-term asset category. Examples include

Here is a listing of the assets often reported on a balance sheet:

Pro perty. p la nt a n d e quipment

Liab ilities are presented on the balance sheet as follows:

Liabilities are the company's obligations- amounts the company owes.

The balance sheet classifications for liabilities include:

Current liabilitie s are often listed in the following order:

Here is an example of the balance sheet presentation of current liabilities:

Highlights of the items reported as current liabilities:

Highlights of the items reported as current liabilities (continued);

Long-term liabilities include:

Highlights of the items reported as long-term or noncurrent liabilities:

Highlights of t he items reported as lo ng-term or noncurrent liabilities (continued):

Sto ck ho lders' Equity

Stockholders' equity (also known as shareholders' equity) consists of these components:

Stockholders' equity can be summarized as follows:

Stockholders' equity consists of four parts:

Retained Income Statement for the Year 20 16 Retained

Possibly other items

Below is a more complete balance sheet:

The balance sheet reveals a corporation's:

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There are 20 questions and 20 poss ib le p o ints in t his qu iz.

1. One should pick the ( !:8) best I D worst ) answer.

QUIZ FOR BALANCE SHEET

1. The balance sheet reports amounts (select one)

2. The balance sheet is also known as the statement of

3. A balance sheet is likely to report a retailer's merchandise inventory at its

QUIZ FOR BALANCE SHEET

8.The balance sheet asset section Investments is a ( 0 current I 0 noncurrent )

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11.The balance in a company's general ledger account Deferred Revenues should be

13.Stockholders' equity includes the amounts received from issuing bonds.

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14.Part of the change in retained earnings is explained by the income statement.

15.Accumulated other comprehensive income is a component of the stockholders' equity

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19.Financia l leverage is the amount of ( 0 current liabilities I 0 total liabilities )

Here are the correct answers to the Balance Sheet Quiz

1. The balance sheet reports amounts (select one)

2. The balance sheet is also known as the statement of

3. A balance sheet is likely to report a retailer's merchandise inventory at its

Here are the correct answers to the Balance Sheet Quiz

Here are the correct answers to the Balance Sheet Quiz