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Balance sheet
Balance sheet is a financial statement that shows the available assets (owner’s equity and outsider’s equity) and owed liabilities from investing and financial activities of a company. This statement reveals the financial health of company. So, this statement is also called as
To write: in a memo (a) The purpose of a balance sheet.
(b)
To write: in a memo (a) The purpose of a balance sheet, and (b) Reason for this incorrect balance sheet and show how to correct it.
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