Accounting theory and practice, Volume 2 (of 3) : a textbook for colleges and…

2. The balance sheet may record the sinking fund status among the

assets as a definite fund and also among the items of net worth as a sinking fund reserve. As to financial policy this not only indicates the creation of a fund of assets, but shows that this was accomplished by a withholding of profits from the stockholders and a reservation of them for this very purpose.