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Principle of Accounting
Principle of Accounting
To Principles of Accounting
Basic Accounting
Recommended Book Accounting: The basis for business decisions
Eleventh Edition By: Meigs William Haka Bettner
Focus of Study
Chapter # 1
Accounting
The Art of Recording Classifying Summarizing and Communicating the results Of business transactions
Accounting
Accounting is the art of recording, classifying, summarizing and communicating the results of the business transactions. Accounting also called the language of business
Accounting
The Art of Interpreting the financial activities Measuring the financial activities Getting the results from such activities And communicating these results
Accounting
The Art of interpreting, measuring and communicating the results of financial activities.
Accounting
Internal
External
Types of Accounting
Financial Accounting
General Purpose
(Profit, loss, assets, obligation etc)
Management Accounting
Helps in Planning and Control
Tax Accounting
Helps in preparation of Income Tax Return etc
Economic Activities
Human Activities
Non-Economic Activities
Economic Activities
Profession
Business
In every Accounting System, the economic activities of the organization are Recoded in the books of accounts. Next, the recorded data are Classified in the system to accumulate sub-total for various types of economic activities. Finally, the information is Summarized in Accounting Repots i.e. designed to meet the information needs of the various decision makers.
Business
Business is a legal financial activity, for which on specific education is required and in which return is also not definite
Financial Statements
A set of Financial Statements consist of four related accounting reports that summarizes the financial resources, obligations, profitability and cash transaction of a business in the few pages
1. 2.
Balance Sheet: Financial resources and obligations Income Statement: Profitability of business Statement of Owners Equity: Obligation of business to Owner Statement of Cash Flow: Cash Transaction of a Business.
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4.
Accounting
It refers to the daily operation of an accounting system i.e. Recording and classifying It requires little skill of accounting
It refers to the preparation of Accounting system Recording and classifying the transactions Summarize the data Prepare the Final Reports It requires Professional Judgment and high skill of accountancy
2.
What information is to be included in the financial statements? & How these information are to be presented ?
Accounting Equation
Assets = Equities Assets = Owners Equity + Liabilities This is the characteristic of the Balance Sheet that Assets always be equal to Liabilities plus Owners Equity
Accounting Equation
Assets = O/Equity + Liabilities $ 80,000 = $ 60,000 + $ ? 80,000 -60,000 20,000
End of Chapter 1
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