Define assets.

• A. Resources owned or managed and available to provide future economic benefit.
• B. Liabilities that will be paid later.
• C. Net position measured.
• D. The starting balance of funds.

Answer: (A)

Assets are resources that an entity controls as a result of past events and that are expected to bring future economic benefits. This includes things like cash, receivables, inventories, equipment, or property that the entity can use or convert to generate value in the future. The key idea is control and the expectation of future benefit.

Why the selected option fits: it defines assets as resources owned or managed and available to provide future economic benefit, capturing both ownership/management and the expectation of future benefit.

Why the other options don’t fit: liabilities are obligations to transfer resources, not resources themselves; net position is a measure of the entity’s financial position, not a definition of assets; the starting balance of funds is simply an initial amount and does not define what assets are.