In our example, the company started on June 1, 2003, with
no assets or liabilities in each account. Can you trace every
item on the balance sheet for June 5, 2003 to an item on the
income and expense statement for June 1 to 5, 2003 (called
“month-to-date”)?
The Fundamental Equations of Accounting
The preceding sections of this chapter have shown you the gears
and wires behind the scenes that make everything work. Now,
we are ready for the show: this is how accounting answers the
three big questions we introduced at the beginning of the book:
• How much money came in?—revenue or gross income
• Where did the money go?—expenses
• How much money is left?—net income
The Income Equation
We find the direct answer to these three questions on the
income and expense statement. The
income statement equa-
tion—revenue – expenses = net income—is the key to the
income statement. The result here is simple arithmetic: revenue
(the gozinta) minus expenses (the gozouta) yields net income.
The Balance Sheet Equation
The balance sheet answers another set of crucial questions for a
company. Today, what is my company worth? What’s in my
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