The balance sheet, derived from the double-entry bookkeeping method, is a fundamental financial statement that delineates a business’ assets as of a certain date and the origins of these assets. The balance sheet adheres to the accounting equation principle, encompassing the assets, liabilities, and equity of the enterprise. The double-entry bookkeeping method ensures accounting equilibrium by documenting each economic transaction in a minimum of two accounts: debit and credit. This system originated in the Middle Ages, with the earliest systematic written source in Europe being Pacioli’s Summa de Arithmetica, published in 1494. The evolution of the double-entry bookkeeping system reflects extensive cultural and geographical exchanges, spanning from Rome to the medieval Islamic world, and from Italian city-states to contemporary accounting frameworks. Accounting systems formulated under Islamic Economics are grounded in distinct ideas, including Sharia compliance, justice, and purposes of social benefit. Contemporary accounting procedures define the balance sheet as comprising fundamental components including current and fixed assets, short-term and long-term liabilities, and equity. Although these factors convey information regarding the financial condition of the enterprise, they vary between the British-American accounting framework and accounting methods centered on Islamic Economics. The disparities encompass the microeconomic and macroeconomic priorities of the systems as well as their perspectives on private and public property ideas.

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Balance Sheet

  • Büşra Şimşek,
  • Murat Ustaoğlu

摘要

The balance sheet, derived from the double-entry bookkeeping method, is a fundamental financial statement that delineates a business’ assets as of a certain date and the origins of these assets. The balance sheet adheres to the accounting equation principle, encompassing the assets, liabilities, and equity of the enterprise. The double-entry bookkeeping method ensures accounting equilibrium by documenting each economic transaction in a minimum of two accounts: debit and credit. This system originated in the Middle Ages, with the earliest systematic written source in Europe being Pacioli’s Summa de Arithmetica, published in 1494. The evolution of the double-entry bookkeeping system reflects extensive cultural and geographical exchanges, spanning from Rome to the medieval Islamic world, and from Italian city-states to contemporary accounting frameworks. Accounting systems formulated under Islamic Economics are grounded in distinct ideas, including Sharia compliance, justice, and purposes of social benefit. Contemporary accounting procedures define the balance sheet as comprising fundamental components including current and fixed assets, short-term and long-term liabilities, and equity. Although these factors convey information regarding the financial condition of the enterprise, they vary between the British-American accounting framework and accounting methods centered on Islamic Economics. The disparities encompass the microeconomic and macroeconomic priorities of the systems as well as their perspectives on private and public property ideas.