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Q.What is statement of affairs ?

Tamil Nadu DgeTamil Nadu HSC (DGE) Commerce Board 2022Subjective· 2mImportance★★★★★
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A statement of affairs is a statement listing the estimated assets and liabilities of a business on a given date under single entry; Capital = Assets − Liabilities.

Under the single entry / incomplete records system, proper double-entry ledgers are not maintained, so a trial balance and a regular Balance Sheet cannot be prepared. To find the capital at a point in time, a Statement of Affairs is drawn up:

  • On one side it lists all the liabilities (creditors, bills payable, outstanding expenses, loans).
  • On the other side it lists all the assets (cash, bank, stock, debtors, fixed assets), whose values are largely estimated from available information and physical checks.
  • The balancing figure — the excess of assets over liabilities — is the Capital:

Capital = Total Assets − Total Liabilities

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