Objectives:
After going through this LAS, you are expected to:
1. Identify the elements of the SFP and describe each of them.
2. prepare an SFP using the report form and the account form with
proper classification of items as current and noncurrent.
Elements of Classification of:
Asset
Liability
Equity
Statement of Financial Position for Single Proprietorship
Types:
1. Report Form
2. Account Form
Accounting can be defined as the “process of identifying, measuring , recording and
communicating economic information about an organization or or another entity, in
order to permit informed judgments by users of the information.” (Meyer 2009)
Input
Measurement
Recording Communicating Useful
Financial Information
Process Fia
Output
Statement of Financial Position, also known as the Balance Sheet, presents
the financial position of an entity at a given date. It is comprised of three main
components: Assets, liabilities and equity. Assets include anything the business
owns or money that the business owns. This includes cash, accounts receivable,
inventory, property and equipment, among others. Liabilities include anything the
business owes to another organization or individual. Items that would fall under
this classification include all accounts payable. The final classification, equity,
includes capitalization.
Sample Formats for:
A. Report Form
B. Account Form
Activity 3: Prepare Statement of Financial
Position
Direction: Prepare SFP in an account form.