btec business Flashcards
Give 5 purposes of accounting
Control
Compliance
Management of the business
Recording transaction
Measuring performance
What is meant by accounting control?
Control the flow of money in and out of a business
Spotting unusual activity to prevent fraud
Helps ensure business can meet day to day expenses
What are trade payables?
Money the business owes from supplies purchased but not yet paid for
What do accounts tell you?
How a business is performing
Who may want to look at a company’s accounts?
Owner, employee, new investor accounts?
What is a financial transaction?
Actions by a business that involve money either going into or out of a business
What is involved in recording financial
transactions?
Records should be accurate and up to date.Failure to do this may result in the
business not being paid what it is owed or
pay what it owes. Which would cause them to be in trouble with the
HMRC.
How does accounting aid the management of a business?
Able to make informed decisions and plans for the future
Help ensure they have sufficient funds to
pay bills
Explain what is meant by compliance
All businesses have a responsibility to comply with financial reporting requirements in accordance with laws and
regulation
Explain what is meant by measuring performance
Accounts are needed to know if a business is making a profit or a loss
What are the key indicators of financial
performance?
Gross profit, Sales Revenue, Net Profit,
Value owed to the business and value
owed by the business
What is meant by profit?
Surplus achieved when total revenue from sales is higher that the total costs
What is meant by loss?
Shortfall suffered when total revenue is lower than the total costs
What is meant by Gross profit
Sales revenue – costs of goods sold
(the costs of the actual materials used to
produce the quantity of goods sold)
What is meant by Sales revenue?
Quantity sold X selling price
What is meant by Net profit?
Gross profit - expenses