BSA310
Week 3 Supporting Activity

With the topic of accounting and finance it is important for business owners to know and understand the value of properly accounting for their cash flow, assets, and liability. This is especially true for new business owners who are just getting started. Accounting is one of the most important functions of a business because if done right the company will do fine and grow, but if done wrong or poorly, then the company will be in a virtual tailspin that will send the company out of business or even into bankruptcy. With accounting being such an important entity there are many options for an owner to choose from when it comes to accounting. Most options nowadays are accounting software applications of some kind, either web-based or stand-alone. However, some small businesses are still doing hard copy paper accounting, which is much more difficult in this day in age.
Owner’s Equity One of the first concepts a new owner must understand is how he can determine his owner’s equity. This is a pretty simple business equation that can be best explained to be like the hands of justice, where they always need to be balanced. What happens on one end needs to happen on the other end to stay balanced. The equation is simply assets=liability+owners equity. This equation tells the owner where the company stands. The assets are what the company physically owns like work trucks and how much product. Where the liability is how much the company owes to place like bank loans, and taxes. Owner’s equity is the financial interest of the business owners. Like it was stated earlier there has to be a balance, which in this case means the assets have balance with the liability and owners equity. However if the owner wants to know how much equity he has the equation varies slightly. The equation is put imply as owners equity=Assets-liability. Which means