Accounting 101 Flashcards
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omitted
Leave out or exclude something
financial accounting
Financial accountancy is preparation of detailed reports of firms inflows outflows etc witch are sent to shareholders and regulators
management accounting
Preparation of financial reports witch help executives make decisions
external auditors
People not employed by the firm that investigate the truth of financial sattments and disclosureds
internal auditors
People employes by the firm to identify and asses risks and report them to managment
internal control
Mechanisms rules and procedureds witch are implemented by a firm to ensure integrity of financial and accounting information
internal check
Element of internal control is internal check witch makes sure that everyoned work is checked by someone else to prevent the possibility of fraud
bookkeepers
A person who recorord money that is made and spent by a business
sole trader
No legal requirement to prepear financial statements but has to file self assessment tax return
Partner ship
No legal requirement to produce financial sattments but have to file partnership tax returns dn every partner has to file their own self assessment tax return
treasury functions
Responsible for indeitifiying and minimizing tax liabilities evaulaitong methods of obtaining finance and methods of managing working capital