In: Accounting
what order should assets appear on the balance sheet?
| Solution: | ||||
| In order of liquidity assets should appeared on the balance sheet | ||||
| Liquidity means how easily they can be converted into cash, like cash do not need to convert, then the marketable securities and so on. | ||||
| Assets order on the balance sheet in the order of liquidity are: | ||||
| 1st | Cash | |||
| 2nd | Marketable securities | |||
| 3rd | Accounts receivable | |||
| 4th | Inventory. | |||
| 5th | Fixed assets | |||
| 6th | Goodwill or intangible assets | |||
| In other words , assets on balance sheet are in order of current assets , investment, fixed assets at last intangibles, and in current assets , assets are in the order of how fast they can be converted into cash. | ||||