Owner's equity

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Owner's equity (or, simply, equity) is ownership expressed in a difference between how much the business owners have contributed to the business from personal funds (Owner's Capital) and how much these owners have withdrawn from the business for personal use (Owner's Withdrawals). In other words, owner's equity is rights of financial claims to the assets of an organization. In the basic accounting equation, assets minus liabilities). In bookkeeping (and, consequently, accounting), this difference is found on the balance sheet: Owner's equity = Assets minus Liabilities. In finance, owner's equity can be defined as ownership in any asset after all debts associated with that asset are paid off. In terms of startup, it is commonly used to describe a business giving up a percentage of ownership in exchange for cash. An equity investor is then entitled to share in any future profits and/or sale of business assets (after debts are paid off).


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

Owner's equity. Rights of financial claims to the assets of an organization. In the basic accounting equation, assets minus liabilities).

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