Owners equity stands for
A. Fixed assets - Flood liabilities
B. Fixed assets - Current liabilities
C. Current assets - Fixed liabilities
D. Total assets - Total outside liabilities
Answer: Option D
Solution (By Examveda Team)
The correct answer is D: Total assets - Total outside liabilitiesHere's why:
* Owner's Equity (also called Net Worth or Capital) represents the owner's stake in the company.
* Think of it this way: If you sold all the company's assets and paid off all its debts, what would be left over belongs to the owner(s).
* Total Assets are everything the company owns (cash, buildings, equipment, etc.).
* Total outside liabilities are everything the company owes to others (loans, accounts payable, etc.).
* The Accounting Equation is: Assets = Liabilities + Owner's Equity.
* We can rearrange this equation to solve for Owner's Equity: Owner's Equity = Assets - Liabilities
* Therefore, Total Assets - Total outside liabilities = Owner's Equity.
Let's look at why the other options are incorrect:
* Option A: Fixed assets - Flood liabilities
* Incorrect: This only considers a specific type of asset and a specific, and quite unusual, type of liability.
* Option B: Fixed assets - Current liabilities
* Incorrect: Again, this is too narrow. It doesn't include all assets or all liabilities.
* Option C: Current assets - Fixed liabilities
* Incorrect: Same reason as A and B; only considers specific assets and liabilites, not the overall view.
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Comments (1)
Accounting provides information on
A. Cost and income for managers
B. Company's tax liability for a particular year
C. Financial conditions of an institutions
D. All of the above
The long term assets that have no physical existence but are rights that have value is known as
A. Current assets
B. Fixed assets
C. Intangible assets
D. Investments
The assets that can be converted into cash within a short period (i.e. 1 year or less) are known as
A. Current assets
B. Fixed assets
C. Intangible assets
D. Investments
Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks are
A. Current assets
B. Fixed assets
C. Intangible assets
D. Investments

Here, option D is the correct answer