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I think in the US we usually call Capital "Equity", so it's

Assets = Liabilities + Equity

Or net assets = equity.

The corollary for an accounting period

Assets + Expenses = Liabilities + Equity + Income

is more interesting. We say that the left side has a debit balance and the right side has a credit balance. It's easy to see how a few transactions work.

Pay a bill from checking, debit Expenses, credit Assets.

Buy something on credit card, debit Expenses, credit Liabilities.

Pay credit card, credit Assets, debit Liabilities.

Receive a payment for services, debit Assets, credit Income.

To close the accounts for the period, credit total Expenses to 0, debit Equity by that amount, and debit total Income to 0 and credit Equity by that amount.

Naturally, things are kept in subaccounts but this is the overall effect on the accounting equation.



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