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How do you standardize the balance sheet? In other words, how do you compute a common-size account in the Balance Sheet. Give an example
To standardize a balance sheet, we will use the total assets/ equity + liability as the base. All other items in the balance sheet are stated as a percentage of the total assets. Hence, making both the sides of the balance sheet equal to 100% and tally. Please refer to the image below for the example-
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