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A Balance Sheet is a fundamental accounting statement that provides a 'snapshot' of an entity's assets, liabilities and equity at a point in time.
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It is called such as the total assets are equal to the total liablities plus equity. 
 
 
 
Any meaningful analysis of a company's finances must include a review of the balance sheet, income statement and statement of changes in financial position.
 
 
 
However, certain meaningful ratios can be gleaned from the balance sheet alone, such as Debt/Equity ratio, Working Capital ratio.
 
 
 
Fundamental to proper balance sheet preparation is a rigorous "cut-off".  That is, if a balance sheet has a date of November 30, it must not include cash received on December 1.
 
 
 
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