The document discusses key accounting concepts including the accounting equation, assets, liabilities, and owner's equity. It explains that the accounting equation - assets = liabilities + owner's equity - must always balance due to the double-entry bookkeeping method where every transaction affects a minimum of two accounts. Examples are provided to illustrate how various business transactions impact the components of the accounting equation by increasing or decreasing accounts.

3. » Accounting as a whole is based on a single
equation:
ASSETS = EQUITY + LIABILITIES

4. » The word equation comes from the word equal.
For any equation, one side always equals
another.

5. » The accounting equation should remain in
balance at all times because of double-entry
accounting or bookkeeping.
» Double-entry means that every transaction will
affect at least two accounts in the general
ledger.

6. » Examples
˃ An owner's investment into the company will increase the company's
assets and will also increase owner's equity.
˃ When the company borrows money from its bank, the company's
assets increase and the company's liabilities increase.

7. » Well, in order to answer that question we need
to look at what each of the terms in the
equation mean…
1. Assets
2. Liabilities
3. Owner’s Equity

9. » Official Definition: A resource controlled by the
enterprise as a result of past events and from
which future economic benefits are expected to
flow to the enterprise.

10. » An asset is
˃ A possession of a business that will bring the business benefits in the
future.
˃ Anything that will add future value to your business.

11. » Land
» Computer
» Vehicle
» Cash

12. » Debtors are people that owe your business
money and the value of these debts as a
whole.
» Another name for debtors is accounts
receivable. The word receivable simply means
capable of being received, or will be received.

13. » Would debtors or accounts receivable be an
asset for your business?
˃ Answer: Even though you cannot own a debtor, you will get benefits in
the future from having money owed to your business.
˃ The benefits are simple – you will get paid! So if you have $3,000
owed to you by Mr. Smith, you have a debtor, an asset, worth $3,000.

14. » An additional requirement for an asset is that
you have to be able to accurately measure its
value.
» This is usually quite simple, as the value is equal
to how much you paid for it.
» Are employees considered an asset?
˃ Can you put an accurate, reliable figure on how much an employee is
worth to you, bearing in mind that he or she can resign at any point
by giving notice? Tricky, right? As you can imagine, it's nearly
impossible to place a value on people – consequently employees are
actually never included as assets in accounting - but only because we
can't value them.

15. 1. DOES YOUR BUSINESS OWN/CONTROL IT?
2. WILL IT BRING YOUR BUSINESS BENEFITS IN
THE FUTURE?
3. CAN YOU VALUE IT ACCURATELY?

16. » The cost of an asset includes all costs necessary
to get it to the business premises and into a
condition in which it can be sold. So the cost of
an asset can include the following:
˃ Purchase price
˃ Import duties,
- Transport costs to get it to your premises,
- Installation or set-up costs.

17. Increase Assets Decrease Assets
Purchasing Supplies (The asset
account Supplies increases)
Purchasing Supplies (The asset
account Cash decreases)
Owner Contributions Owner Draws
Receiving bank loans Repaying bank loans
Credit purchases

19. » A present obligation of the enterprise arising
from past events, the settlement of which is
expected to result in an outflow from the
enterprise of resources embodying economic
benefits.

20. » a liability is simply... a debt of the business.
» The debt will result in assets (usually cash)
leaving the business in the future.

21. » The most common liability is a loan.
» Another common liability is called creditors.
˃ A creditor, also known as a payable, is any business or person (apart
from the bank) that you owe.
˃ Suppliers (who you owe for products purchased on credit) would fall
under creditors.

22. Increase Liabilities Decrease Liabilities
Receiving a bank loan Repaying a bank loan
Credit purchases Credit Payments
Notes payable to creditors Paying Creditors

24. » The residual interest in the assets of the
enterprise after deducting all its liabilities.

25. » The owner’s equity is simply the owner’s share
of the assets of a business.

26. » Represents the value of the assets that the
owner can lay claim to.
» The value of all the assets after deducting the
value of assets needed to pay liabilities.
» It is the value of the assets that the owner
really owns.
OWNER’S EQUITY = ASSETS - LIABILITIES

27. ASSETS = EQUITY + LIABILITIES
» Assets can only ‘belong’ to two types of people:
˃ people outside the business who are owed money
(liabilities)
˃ the owner himself (owner’s equity).

28. » In the case of a corporation, which is publicly
owned, equity is labeled shareholder’s equity

29. Increase Owner’s Equity Decrease Owner’s Equity
Revenues Expenses
Gains Losses
Owner contributions Owner withdraws
Beginning Capital

30. » The costs the company incurs in carrying on
operations in its effort to make money
» Decrease owner’s equity
» Can be paid for with cash (decreases assets)
» Or charged (increase liabilities)

31. » The difference between expenses and
equipment is equipment can be liquidated or
converted to cash.
» EXAMPLE:
˃ A company car is equipment: No effect on owner’s equity.
˃ A telephone bill is an expense: Decreases owner’s equity.

32. » Income
» Example: a service company earns revenue
when it provides services to its clients
» Recorded as an increase in owner’s equity and
an increase in assets
» Investopedia Explains Revenues

33. » Net Income: The company is bringing in more
money than it is spending to continue operations.
Revenues > Expenses
» Net Loss: The company is bringing in less money
than it is spending to continue operations
Revenues < Expenses
» Break Even: When a company’s revenues are equal
to their expenses
˃ Revenues = Expenses

34. Beginning Capital
PLUS
Additional
Investment
Net Income*
Revenues
-- Expenses
Withdraws
+ -
If expenses are greater than revenues, then a net loss would result. This loss would
be subtracted from capital because it would be a negative number.

35. » Every transaction affects TWO or more
accounts!
» This is how the accounting equation stays in
balance

36. For each of the transactions, indicate the two (or more)
effects on the accounting equation of the business or
company.
The owner invests personal cash in the business.
Assets: Increase Decrease No Effect
Liabilities: Increase Decrease No Effect
Owner's (or
Stockholders')
Equity:
Increase Decrease No Effect

37. The owner withdraws business assets for personal use.
Assets: Increase Decrease No Effect
Liabilities: Increase Decrease No Effect
Owner's (or
Stockholders')
Equity:
Increase Decrease No Effect

38. The company receives cash from a bank loan.
Assets: Increase Decrease No Effect
Liabilities: Increase Decrease No Effect
Owner's (or
Stockholders')
Equity:
Increase Decrease No Effect

39. The company repays the bank that had lent money to the company.
Assets: Increase Decrease No Effect
Liabilities: Increase Decrease No Effect
Owner's (or
Stockholders')
Equity:
Increase Decrease No Effect

40. The company purchases equipment with its cash.
Assets: Increase Decrease No Effect
Liabilities: Increase Decrease No Effect
Owner's (or
Stockholders')
Equity:
Increase Decrease No Effect

41. The owner contributes her personal truck to the business
Assets: Increase Decrease No Effect
Liabilities: Increase Decrease No Effect
Owner's (or
Stockholders')
Equity:
Increase Decrease No Effect

42. The company purchases a significant amount of equipment on credit.
Assets: Increase Decrease No Effect
Liabilities: Increase Decrease No Effect
Owner's (or
Stockholders')
Equity:
Increase Decrease No Effect

43. The company purchases land by paying half in cash and signing a note payable for the
other half.
Assets: Increase Decrease No Effect
Liabilities: Increase Decrease No Effect
Owner's (or
Stockholders')
Equity:
Increase Decrease No Effect