If your double-entry records are correct, a balance sheet will always balance (by definition).ASSETS = LIABILITIES + EQUITYIf it does not balance, check all your entries, since the last balance sheet...
The question is evidently being asked by a non-native English speaker. I am guessing that they want to know: "Why must a balance sheet be in balance?"
The short answer is that a balance sheet that...
Beside the fact it's in the name, it follows the accounting formula of assets - liabilities = capital. As all 3 of them make up the major sections of a balance sheet and the formula must balance so...
As per the accounting rule "For every Debit there should be a Credit" and that is how balance sheet tallies where Liabilities is Debit and Asset is Credit.