zookept
Feb 17, 2008, 11:23 AM
Should fixed assets be reported on an income statement ?
morgaine300
Feb 17, 2008, 04:59 PM
No. Assets belong on the Balance Sheet.
Start with your accounting equation:
Assets = Liabilities + Equity
That is also your Balance Sheet. This is the "financial position" of the company.
Revenues and Expenses are your two other kinds of accounts, and those actually belong under Equity in the end. But we keep track of all those temporaily in their own accounts and they are summarized on the Income Statement. So the Income Statement is only revenues and expenses.
The net income (or loss) from that statement is applied to the equity, and then the updated equity is used for the Balance Sheet.
mltsara
Feb 21, 2008, 06:28 PM
Fixed Asset - Balance Sheet