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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Accruals accounting]]
* [[Accruals accounting]]
* [[Accumulating net asset value]]
* [[Alienation of assets]]
* [[Alienation of assets]]
* [[Asset backed commercial paper]]  (ABCP)
* [[Asset beta]]
* [[Asset cover]]
* [[Asset risk]]
* [[Asset value]]
* [[Asset-based swap]]
* [[Asset-liability management]]
* [[Assets Under Management]]
* [[Assets Under Management]]
* [[Balance sheet]]
* [[Balance sheet]]
* [[Capital]]
* [[Capital]]
* [[Capital asset pricing model]]
* [[Cash]]
* [[Cash]]
* [[Chargeable asset]]
* [[Chargeable asset]]
* [[Constant net asset value]]
* [[Contingent assets]]
* [[Contingent assets]]
* [[Current assets]]
* [[Current assets]]
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* [[Long life assets]]
* [[Long life assets]]
* [[Mismatch]]
* [[Mismatch]]
* [[Net asset value]]
* [[Net assets]]
* [[Net assets]]
* [[Net worth]]
* [[Net worth]]
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* [[Tangible asset]]
* [[Tangible asset]]
* [[Trade receivables]]
* [[Trade receivables]]
* [[Underlying asset]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]

Revision as of 14:52, 28 April 2022

1. Financial reporting - balance sheet.

In financial reporting, assets are defined as 'present economic resources controlled by a reporting entity as a result of past events'.


An economic resource is a right that has the potential to produce economic benefits.

Examples include cash, trade receivables, inventory, tangible fixed assets and some intangible assets.


Assets are represented in the balance sheet by debit balances.


Some types of assets are not reported in traditional accounting balance sheets.

For example, certain types of intangible asset.


2. Assets & liabilities.

More generally, assets are any possessions or resources (whether or not they are owned or reported by a financial reporting entity).


See also