Basic Accounting Concepts - what am I missing?

[Jim Smith]

>
> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Ryan Flegel <rflegel at gmail.com> wrote:

On 1 January 2011 22:50, Jim Smith <jimsmth761 at gmail.com> wrote:

> When one writes the Accounting Equation in the form shown below, it

> doesn't make any sense to me.

> (Assets - Liabilities) + (Expenses - Income) = Equity

>

> If I start off with 1 million in assets and no liabilities and then I

> encounter 1 million in expenses and have no income, I should end up

> with zero equity. The equation makes it seem like this scenario would

> give me 2 million in equity.

>

> What am I missing?


> You've got it mixed up I think. It should be:


> (Assets - Liabilities) - (Expenses - Income) = Equity


> Note the subtraction of (Expenses - Income) instead of addition.


> --

Ryan


Ryan, maybe I'm a bit rusty on my algebra, but I think your equation works
out to this:

(Assets - Liabilities) - (Expenses - Income) = Equity

Assets - Liabilities - Expenses + Income = Equity

Assets - Liabilities  = Equity + (Expenses - Income) <-- not correct

So I'm still confused