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Owner's Equity Paper

Introduction
Owners' equity has been a subject that I have only touched on throughout the last few months of my intermediate accounting classes. It is my intentions to answer the questions that best that I can but I will have to rely heavily on our text to provide the answers.
Why is it important to keep paid-in capital separate from earned capital?
It is important to distinguish between paid-in capital and earned capital in order to understand why the two should be kept separate. Paid-in capital, which is also referred to as contributed capital, "Is the total amount paid in on capital stock." This is money received from investors to purchase stock in the company.
Earned capital is not monies received from outside investors. It is, "the capital that develops if the business operates profitably; it consists of all undistributed income that remains invested in the enterprise". In other words it is my understanding that this is the money that is re-invested in the company or......


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Approximate Word Count: 354
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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