• It states FINANCIAL POSITION of the company.
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  • A balance sheet shows the FINANCIAL POSITION of a Company at a point in time.
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  • It reports at at specific Date
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  • Assets and Liabilities are stated at historical cost.
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  • Assets = Liabilities + Equity
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  • Owner Equity/Net worth – the amount that the owner has invested in the business
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  • Owner Equity  =  Assets  –  Liabilities 
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  • Balance sheet denotes about the financial postion at a specific time, most cases it is the close of accounting period
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    What is Asset?

  • Asset – anything of value owned
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    Balance Sheet Assets Structure

     

     

    What is Liability?

  • Liability – any debt or other financial obligation owed to someone else
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    Liabilities Structure

     

     

    Ways to Segregate Balance Sheet Items:

     

    Balance Sheet Structure:

     

     

    Balance Sheet Items

     

     

     

    Transactions affects Balance Sheets

     

     

    Classification of ASSETS:

     

  • Based on usage of time we can classify the assets into 3 categories, which is mentioned below:
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    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
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    We need to present CURRENT ASSETS in the order of liquidity

     

    State about Non Current Assets

     

  • Also termed as Non-Current Assets/Plant Assets
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  • Non current Assets are bifurcated into two:
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  • 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
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  • Additional paid in Capital:Excess to amount paid over Par value
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  • Retained Earnings: Undistributed Earnings
  • A negative balance in the retained earnings account is referred DEFICIT

     

  • Treasury Stock:It is shown as deduction from EQUITY
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    Liabilities

     

    What is Liability?

     

  • Any Debts that company owes to creditors
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  • Purchases made on Credit
  • Debt issued to Public
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    Liabilities Classification:

     

     

    State about current Liabilites?

     

     

    State about Intermediate Liabilites:

     

  • We can divide Non current Liabilites into two categories
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    (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
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    What is “TERM LIABILITIES”?

     

  • Redeemable preference shares
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  • Debentures
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  • Term Loans and Public Deposits
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    Share Holder's Equity:

  • Equity = Ownership Interest
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  • CONTRIBUTED CAPITAL also known as PAID-IN-CAPITAL
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  • RETAINED EARNINGS
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    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
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    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.
  • OFF BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

     

  • It provides financing without adding debt on a balance sheet
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    Limitations of Balance sheet

     

  • Balance sheet accounts based on HISTORICAL COST., it doesn't denotes current market value
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    Difference between Secured Loan and Unsecured Loan