A report of the financial status of a company. It sums up everything that a company owns (ASSETS) in one half and all the financial claims against the company (LIABILITIES) in the other half.

The total of all the assets is always equal to the total of all the liabilities as the difference is contained by an asset item called EQUITY or SHAREHOLDER’s EQUITY.

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