1. Principles of Accounting Chapter 1
Unit 1
Mrs. Joudrey

2. Personal Net Worth
Personal Net Worth = Total Value of Items Owned – Total Amount Owed to Creditors
Ask Students “What are you worth” – do a few examples using headings Own, Owe, Worth.

3. Net Worth Change the headings to Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth
Assets - are items of value owned by the company
Liabilities - are the debts of a business or a person
Net Worth - is what the person or business is worth (assets-liabilities)

4. Assignment
Please complete:
questions 1-3 page 12
exercise 1 page 12

5. Balance Sheet Equation
Assets = Liabilities + Owner’s Equity
$ = $ ?
What is the owner’s claim against the assets?

6. Balance Sheet Heading Who? (name of the business)
What? (what report you are creating ex. Balance sheet)
When? (what period of time or what day do these numbers reflect ex. September 30, 2011)

7. A = L + OE
A = L + OE
a) $ = $ $?
b) $ = $ $?
c) $ = $? + $10 000
d) $ = $? + $12 000
e) $ = $ $?

8. In Your Textbooks
Note Lara Chari’s Personal Balance Sheet on page 4

9. Assignment
questions 4 and 5 page 12
exercises 2 and 3 page 12

10. Purpose of Accounting
Purpose of accounting is to provide financial information for decision making.
(imagine if I had a business where five people are employed and we make T-shirts, if I wanted to sell my business to you I would have to figure out how much it is worth and hopefully get close to that amount when I sell it)

11. The Business Entity Principle
The business entity principle requires that each business be considered a separate entity, and that the financial data for the business be kept separate from the owner’s personal financial data.
(If I owned a business and I purchased a cottage on a late in Ontario I could not record this with the information for the business I run – they are separate).

12. Balance Sheet
A balance sheet is a financial statement that lists the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity at a specific date.

13. Owner’s Equity
Owner’s equity is the owner’s claim against the assets of a company.
(Why do people start businesses? To make money – well that is what the owner’s equity is like – it’s like the amount that the owner could take out of the company if they wanted to. Owner’s don’t always take everything out, because you need money to make money – to buy supplies etc.)

14. Example of a Balance Sheet
Note the following:
Heading
Subheading
Dollar signs (line up, beside first figure and final total on both sides)
Numbers lining up
Totals at the end line up
Single lines
Double lines
Order of items within each category
A=L+OE

15. Note the Following on the Balance Sheet
Heading
Subheading
Dollar signs (line up, beside first figure and final total on both sides)
Numbers lining up
Totals at the end line up
Single lines
Double lines
Order of items within each category
A=L+OE

16. Balance
Balance Sheet (both sides balance out, the equal the same amount)
Receivable (you will get it – you will receive it)
Payable (you will pay it)

17. Balance Sheet Heading Who – Business name (Goldman’s Gym)
What – Statement name (Balance Sheet)
When – Statement date (June 30, 2010)

18. Listing Assets Assets go on the left side of the page
Do not total up assets until the other side is completed since the totals for both sides must be recorded on the same line. Therefore blank lines might need to be inserted before the line total assets can be completed.

19. Listing Liabilities Liabilities go on the right side of the page
The total can be done right away since Owner’s Equity still needs to be recorded below the liabilities.

20. Owner’s Equity
Owner’s Equity is listed on the right side of the page under total liabilities
Make sure the total liabilities + owner’s equity and total assets are on the same line

21. Assets Assets – things of value owned by the business
Examples: Cash, Accounts Receivable (amount other people or businesses owe you – amount due from debtors (customers). They have purchased something from you on credit and will pay you at a later date, Office supplies (items purchased for use within the office)

22. Liabilities
Liabilities – the debts of the business (what the business owes)
Examples: Accounts Payable (amount owed to creditors for the purchase of goods or services by the business) – money the business owes to another business or to someone else, Bank Loans, Mortgage payable

23. Equities
Equities – claims against the assets of a company. What the owner has claim to (the remaining value of the company after all the liabilities are paid off). This is what the company is “worth to the owner”.
OE = A – L

24. Order of Items on a Balance Sheet
Assets
There are two types of assets – long term and short term
Short term assets are listed in order of liquidity (the order in which assets would likely be converted to cash – how easy something can be turned into cash) example: cash would go first then accounts receivable, then office supplies….

25. Order of Items on a Balance Sheet
Assets
Long term assets are listed in the order of useful life to the business starting with the longest lasting one first. Example: land then building then transportation equipment.

26. Order of Items on a Balance Sheet
Liabilities
Liabilities are listed according to when they must be paid in full, from the shortest to the longest. Payment due dates are known as the maturity date. So whatever needs to be paid off first goes first under liabilities etc.

27. Valuation of Items on the Balance Sheet
Cost Principle – Assets are valued according to the cost principle. The amount that was paid for the asset is the amount that is listed on the balance sheet. This amount will never increase even if the actual “value” of the asset is more than what is listed.

28. People who Could use a Balance Sheet to Obtain Information:
Owner of the business
Creditors – companies that might lend that business some money or give out items or services on credit.
Investors – they will want to know the financial position of a business before investing in it.
Government – statistical information, taxes, decision making.