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Some Basic Questions For Accounting Principle
Some Basic Questions For Accounting Principle
All of the activities necessary to provide the members of an economic system with goods and
services.
Financing is necessary to start a business, and funds are obtained from both stockholders and
creditors. These funds are invested in the various assets needed to run a business. Once funds
are obtained and investments made in productive assets, a business begins operations, which
may consist of providing goods or services or both.
Define the terms assets, liabilities, and Owners’ equity.
Assets are resources owned by a business. Liabilities are amounts owed to creditors. Put more
simply, liabilities are existing debts and obligations. Owners’ equity is the ownership claim on
net assets.
The liabilities are (c) Accounts payable and (i) Salaries and wages payable.