من قبل
Abdul Rahim Said Rahim , Senior Executive - Business Development , Al Ruwais Plastic Products Trading LLC
Personal assets of the owner is not recorded in balance sheet because a business has a separate entity, only assets and liabilities are shown in the B.S owned and related to business.
Because, in accounting business itself is a separate identity from its owner and the personal affairs of owner has nothing to do with business even if he owns everything.
And in legal terms any business is also considered as a "person".
b) Economic Entity.......The "Economic Entity Assumption" says that the activities of the entity are to be kept separate from the activities of its owner and all other economic entities.
b) Economic entity - Business has a separate legal entity apart from its members.the owner's assets are not shown on the balance sheet of the business.this is true even if the business is a sole proprietorship.
The "Economic Entity Assumption" says that the activities of the entity are to be kept separate from the activities of its owner and all other economic entities.
The business is accounted for separately from other business entities, including its owner. The reason for this is that separate information about each business is necessary for good decisions.