Question

Molly liquidates her catering business. She is left with $20,000 after selling all the assets and settling the liabilities. In this case, the amount of $20,000 represents the_______.

Answer 1

Answer:

In this case, the amount of $20,000 represents the owner's equity.

Explanation:

Assets:

Assets are the items that are own by a business. Examples of assets are inventory, machinery, company owned vehicles etc.

Liabilities:

Liabilities are the items a business owes to others. Examples of liabilities are bank dept, taxes, mortgage debt etc.

Equity:

Owner's equity is also known as net assets refer to the owner share of assets when the liabilities are paid off.

The relation between Assets, liabilities and owner equity are represented in a equation as:

Assets = Liabilities + Owner Equity