balance sheet

Summary

balance sheet ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (316 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• balance sheet is a type of financial statement^[2].
• balance sheet is part of double-entry bookkeeping^[3].
• balance sheet is part of tax law^[4].
• balance sheet is part of general economics^[5].
• balance sheet is part of financial accounting^[6].
• balance sheet's Commons category is recorded as Balance sheets^[7].
• balance sheet's pseudonym is recorded as statement of financial position^[8].
• balance sheet's pseudonym is recorded as statement of financial status^[9].
• balance sheet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balance sheet^[10].
• balance sheet's facet of is recorded as accounting terminology^[11].
• balance sheet's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• balance sheet's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[13].
• balance sheet's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[14].
• balance sheet's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[15].
• balance sheet's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[16].
• balance sheet's different from is recorded as heritage designation^[17].

Body

Definition and Type

balance sheet is a type of financial statement^[2].

Use and Application

Part of include double-entry bookkeeping^[3], a bookkeeping system^[18]; tax law^[4], an area of law^[19]; general economics^[5], a branch of science^[20]; and financial accounting^[6], a field of work^[21].

Why It Matters

balance sheet ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (316 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]