Assets & Liabilities

 Meaning Of Assets & Liabilities


What are Assets?

Assets are the economic resources of an enterprise/business that can be expressed in monetary terms. These are items of value used by businesses to carry out their operations and provide economic benefits to the business in future.

Examples:

Building, Furniture, Plant & Machinery, Cash & Bank balance, Debtors etc.

These appear on the Asset side of the Balance Sheet.


Test for Assets:

To determine whether a particular item is an Asset or not , check the following conditions:

  • Whether the item has monetary value/worth ?
  • Whether the item is required for carrying out the business operations? OR

      Whether the item will provide any sort of economic benefits to          the business in future ?


Once you apply the above test on the item in question, check whether the answer is YES or No.
If your answer is YES, the particular item in question is definitely an Asset.
If your answer is NO, then its not an asset.



What are Liabilities?

These are the obligations or debt that an enterprise/business has to pay at some time in future.

These appear on Liability side of the Balance Sheet.



Examples:
Capital, Creditors, Outstanding Salaries, Loans, Bank Overdraft, Trade Payables etc.




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