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[[File:Books.png|400px|thumb|right|[[Double-entry bookkeeping]]]][[Basic accounting equation]] (or, simply, [[accounting equation]]; hereinafter, the ''byby'') is [[Assets]] = [[Liabilities]] + [[Owner's equity]].
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[[File:Books.png|400px|thumb|right|[[Double-entry bookkeeping]]]][[Basic accounting equation]] (or, simply, [[accounting equation]]; hereinafter, the ''byby'') is [[Assets]] = [[Liabilities]] + [[Owner's equity]]; the same equation can be expressed as [[Owner's equity]] = [[Assets]] less [[Liabilities]], etc. The [[double-entry bookkeeping|double-entry method of bookkeeping]] is based on this equation.
  
  
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*[[Bookkeeping]]. Recording, filing, and retrieving of [[financial data]], as well as producing those [[financial report]]s that are required by laws.
 
*[[Bookkeeping]]. Recording, filing, and retrieving of [[financial data]], as well as producing those [[financial report]]s that are required by laws.
  
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Latest revision as of 19:29, 4 January 2019

Basic accounting equation (or, simply, accounting equation; hereinafter, the byby) is Assets = Liabilities + Owner's equity; the same equation can be expressed as Owner's equity = Assets less Liabilities, etc. The double-entry method of bookkeeping is based on this equation.


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According to College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition)‎,

Basic accounting equation. Assets = Liabilities + Owner's equity.

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