09/28/2022
Features of the balance sheet in the USA
1. Compliance with the balance equation. Always, under any circumstances, your assets should be equal to the sum of your liabilities and capital.
2. There is no VAT in the States.
3. The balance sheet reflects absolutely all the operations of the company that have a potential monetary value, while the fact of payment is not obligatory.
4. Income is taken into account in accounting only on the fact of delivery of products to the consumer, and not on the fact of its production. If we talk about services, then they fall into the balance at the time of their provision to the client.
5. In the US, the balance sheet does not make it possible to assess the total value of the enterprise, since, according to the canons of GAAP, the financial statements reflect not the market value of the enterprise's assets, but their cost. In addition, only those data that have a monetary value are included in the reports. Thus, it turns out that the balance sheet does not reflect the actual state of affairs in the company.