Business Course Furniture & Equipment $107,000 Accumulated Depreciation $48,800 Cash 50,400 Accounts Receivable 95,200 Common Stock 18,400 190,000 Accounts Payable 300 Inventory Prepaid Insurance 93,000 Retained Earnings ? Required Prepare a classified balance sheet as of December 31, 2016. Note: Do not use negative signs with your answers. MARSHALL CORPORATION Current Assets: Cash Accounts Receivable Inventory Prepaid Insurance Long-term Assets: Total Current Assets Total Assets Furniture & Equipment Less: Accumulated Depreciation Total Long-term Assets Balance Sheet December 31, 2016 Assets Current Liabilities: Accounts Payable Stockholders' Equity Common Stock Return to cou Type here to search $ → 50,400 95,200 93,000 Liabilities & Stockholders' Equity 300✔ 107,000 48,800 $ 238,900✔ 58,200 297,100✔ 18,400 190.000 H:
Reporting Cash Flows
Reporting of cash flows means a statement of cash flow which is a financial statement. A cash flow statement is prepared by gathering all the data regarding inflows and outflows of a company. The cash flow statement includes cash inflows and outflows from various activities such as operating, financing, and investment. Reporting this statement is important because it is the main financial statement of the company.
Balance Sheet
A balance sheet is an integral part of the set of financial statements of an organization that reports the assets, liabilities, equity (shareholding) capital, other short and long-term debts, along with other related items. A balance sheet is one of the most critical measures of the financial performance and position of the company, and as the name suggests, the statement must balance the assets against the liabilities and equity. The assets are what the company owns, and the liabilities represent what the company owes. Equity represents the amount invested in the business, either by the promoters of the company or by external shareholders. The total assets must match total liabilities plus equity.
Financial Statements
Financial statements are written records of an organization which provide a true and real picture of business activities. It shows the financial position and the operating performance of the company. It is prepared at the end of every financial cycle. It includes three main components that are balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.
Owner's Capital
Before we begin to understand what Owner’s capital is and what Equity financing is to an organization, it is important to understand some basic accounting terminologies. A double-entry bookkeeping system Normal account balances are those which are expected to have either a debit balance or a credit balance, depending on the nature of the account. An asset account will have a debit balance as normal balance because an asset is a debit account. Similarly, a liability account will have the normal balance as a credit balance because it is amount owed, representing a credit account. Equity is also said to have a credit balance as its normal balance. However, sometimes the normal balances may be reversed, often due to incorrect journal or posting entries or other accounting/ clerical errors.
According to the given question, we are required to prepare the classified balance sheet for the year ending on December 31, 2016.
Classified balance sheet:
A classified balance sheet refers to the balance sheet which shows the information about an entity's assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity that is aggregated into different heads of accounts. The standard classification of items on the balance sheet is as follows:
Current assets, non-current assets, current liabilities, long-term liabilities, and shareholders' equity.
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