3. Balance Sheet
Liabilities Assets
Equity/Owners Fund
Ordinary Equity SH
Reserves and Surplus
Long Term Liabilities
Debentures
Bank & FI Term Loans
Preference Shareholders
P2P
Current Liabilities
Provisions
Creditors/BP/AP
Outstanding Expenses
Fixed Assets
Land
Building
Machinery
Furniture
Goodwill
Patent/copy rights
Research & Development
Investments
Current Assets
Inventory/Stock
Debtors/Accounts Receivables
Cash in hand & at Bank
Prepaid Expenses
Total of Liabilities Total of Assets
6. Definitions of Accounting
“ Accounting is an art of recording, classifying, and
summarizing in a significant manner and in terms of money
transactions and events which are in part at least of a
financial character and interpreting the results thereof”.
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)